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AUGUST 2004 PICTURES
every picture tells a story......
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IT'S TIME TO BECOME A MAN
Among the Bakusu sub-tribe, circumcision is the most important, and, indeed, most cherished traditional ceremony. The community attaches a lot of reverence and attention to this rite such that virtually every member of the sub-tribe, irrespective of their status, takes part and prides in it - AUGUST 2004
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DOGS CAN ALSO FLY
Indonesian special forces and their dogs carry out a helicopter drill as part of determined efforts to combat terrorism.
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NITUMUCHAINA
In China, the Fifth Shanghai International Arts Festival is wooing theatrical agents from across the world.
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World Wide Wonderland
They claim that it is globalization. You wonder how long it took to make all this tatoo. A well done job but in the wrong place. His supporters claim it is World Wide Wonderland. All the same there is a Swahili saying that goes "Mtaka cha mvunguni sharti ainame".
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EVERYONE FOR HIMSELF - GOD FOR US ALL
Commuters in Nairobi use every available space in and on a train.
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HURRY UP THROUGH THE WINDOW PLEASE!
In the struggle to get to and from work brought about by limited transport, even normally dignified Nairobians threw etiquette to the wind and courted danger in the process.
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CARS USE THE ROAD - WHY NOT US TODAY?
And a smile masked by a frown in a Beijing make-up display as part of China Fashion Week.
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WHO IS YOUR FRIEND IN TIME OF NEED!
A resident of Kakola, in Nyando District, carries his goat to higher ground after his home was submerged in floods.
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YOU CARRY ME TODAY AND I WILL CARRY YOU TOMORROW
A resident of Baringo District proves the unreliability of the bicycle in the flood-hit areas.
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21ST CENTURY DRUMMER
My name is Samuel Mbugua
and I like drums, I love you bye.
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HARAMBEE YOKIRE NA JOMO KENYATTA
Boys from a village in Baringo East Constituency push a public transport vehicle which got stuck in the middle of River Nginyang’ as torrential rains and floods continued to rage.
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SIGNS OF THE FUTURE
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ONCE THE CITY UNDER THE SUN
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WANYORORO NA DANGER
A matatu in Nakuru town
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INITIATION CEREMONY
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BEAUTIFUL FACE OF AFRICA
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ANOTHER ONE FROM RUSSIA
A performer from the Russian Theatre of Fire juggles during a performance in Moscow.
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AVOID STREET RACING
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ONE DAY SOMEWHERE IN KENYA
38 miles traffic jam in Kenya - Mombasa road
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DON'T CLIMB IT ALONE
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OH, MATE!
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more coming soon!