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  • A group of Kombai men build a new treehouse some 25 meters up in a  tall tree in the rainforest of Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people, building their homes high up in the trees.
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  • Four Kombai women chop and pound the pith of a sago palm with a tool made of of a piece of bamboo in Papua, Indonesia, in order to extract the edible, starchy sago flour. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • Boys about to be circumcised at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, dance together with a clown. This is one of the many fun activities used to make the boys relax before the actual circumcision takes place. As custom dictates, the boys are dressed up as small sultans or princes.
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  • A Kombai man with a dog´s tooth necklace watches three other men empty a dammed part of a creek in Papua, Indonesia, a fishing method allowing them to catch the fish living in the creek. September 2000.  The men use woody shafts of sago leafs as bailers. One such bailer is leaning against the tree to the left. A stone axe is lying on the ground beside it. On the other side of the creek three women are waiting. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees.
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  • A man carries the woddy shaft of sago leaf in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The shaft will be used for the washing of sago fibres. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • Two Kombai men uses stone axes to cut down a sago palm in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The man in the foreground, who wears a penios sheath made of the beak of a hornbill, tightens the rattan lashings of his axe. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • A group of Kombai cut up a sago palm that they have just felled in the rainforest in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The woody shafts of the leaves will be used for the washing of sago fibres. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees, and sago is one of their staple foods.
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  • Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat of Varanasi, India, where cremation pyres are burning 24 hours a day. The work at the cremation ghat is carried out by the Doms, traditionally looked upon as untouchables. The ghat leads down to the sacred River Ganges. To be cremated in the holy city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • A Roma man makes a dustpan from scrap metal in a temporary camp in the village of  Dersca in Botosani County, Romania, while a young woman carrying her son on her hip watches him. They are Kelderari Roma, known for their skill in metal work, and their group has been permitted to set up camp in the farming village of Dersca, where they offer their services to the local inhabitants.
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  • Men piling up firewood for the funeral pyres at Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat of Varanasi. India. The work at the cremation ghat is carried out by the Doms, traditionally looked upon as untouchables. To be cremated in the sacred city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • An Uru Murato fisherman returns from a fishing trip with the catch in a wooden box strapped to his back at Lago Poopo, the Altiplano, Bolivia. He walks over the dry bed of the partially dried up lake.
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  • Devastating April 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Kirtipur Municipality, Kathmandu Valley. Villagers working their way into their collapsed homes to save what they can of their belongings and to clear the land of rubble.
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  • An Apache ranger working for the San Carlos Wildlife and Recreation Department, the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA. June 2004.
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  • A Dom, an untouchable working at the cremation site, clearing the river Ganges from charcoal and other debris, while also looking for valuables, Manikarnika Ghat, the main cremation ghat of Varanasi, India. On the steps lie biers with dead bodies waiting to be cremated. To be cremated in the sacred city of Varanasi means a straight passage to heaven, many Hindus believe.
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  • Young Roma woman with son and two young male members of her group in a temporary camp in the village of  Dersca in Botosani County, Romania. They are Kelderari Roma, known for their skill in metal work, and their group has been permitted to set up camp in the farming village of Dersca, where they offer their services to the local inhabitants.
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  • Apache firefighters in front of their helicopter on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA. June 2004. They work during the dry summer season, combating fires on the reservation.
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  • Newly circumcised, a nine-year-old boy who lives in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, proudly poses in his sultan outfit, which is the customary attire at circumcision. He stands beside his bed which his parents have worked hard to make fit for a sultan.
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  • Young Roma father, carrying his son, in the yard of their home in the village of Dimacheni in Botosani County, Romania. He has previously worked in the building industry in Italy and now he and his wife are in the process of repairing their newly-bought home in the traditionally Romanian (non-Roma) section of the village.
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