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A man browses books of Chinese calligraphy at an art market in Beijing. / Credit:Mitch Moxley/IPS
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Ayub Alulu entertains the crowd after young initiates were circumcised in Kakamega in Kenya’s Western Province on Aug. 19. Credit:Benjamin Sakwa/IPS
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Joseph Ole Morijo displays one of his malnourished goats with injuries inside its mouth. The goat fed on the prickly cactus. / Credit:Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
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People at Labor Square in Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi, Pakistan. Credit:M Fahim Siddiqi/IPS
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At a Ramadan dinner table in Cairo. Credit:Cam McGrath
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Women harvest paddy in fields bordering jungles where the elephants roam. / Credit:Amantha Perera/IPS
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An elephant roams a abadoned paddy field in Konweva. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS
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Nurse at Kangatotha sees to a patient. / Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
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More and more women are working in construction in Rio de Janeiro. / Credit:Fabiana Frayssinet/IPS
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A migrant worker is paid low and has few benefits because he does not have official residency status. / Credit:Kit Gillet/IPS
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Nasser Abdulhadi (right) and his chef. / Credit:Jerrold Kessel/Pierre Klochendler
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Conchita Martínez, standing, and other Mitz craftswomen. / Credit:Daniela Pastrana/IPS
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Piped water has made life easier for this boy, who no longer has to help his parents fetch water from afar. / Credit:Vannaphone Sitthirath/IPS
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Women contestants cannot afford to meet the material demands of the voters on their own. / Credit:Claire Ngozo/IPS
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Many Liberian women are uncomfortable with being attended by male midwives. Can this resistance be overcome? What are the alternatives? / Credit: Bonnie Allen/IPS
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Military checkpoint on the Atrato River. / Credit:Jesús Abad Colorado/IPS
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Tibetan women weaving carpets at Jawalakhel Handicraft Center in Kathmandu. Credit:Bhuwan Sharma/IPS
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Maritza Rodríguez (right), with a colleague and her daughters. / Credit:Patricia Grogg/IPS
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Donkey-drawn carts promote literacy by bringing rural children books. / Credit: Adeyababa Bekele/IPS
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China's high-speed rail network is the largest in the world, and is set to more than double by 2020. / Credit:Mitch Moxley/IPS
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Gabriel does small but promising business in used shoes. / Credit:Claudia Ciobanu
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The effects of Pakistan's flood disaster will be felt for some time to come. / Credit:Fahim Siddiqi/IPS
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The Tso Rolpa glacial lake in central Nepal has grown due to the faster melting of snow with global warming. / Credit:Kishor Rimal/IPS
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Fatima Jardine-Millard belongs to a growing number of South African women who are willing to take risks to start their own businesses. / Credit: Chris Stein/IPS