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Villagers pull a boat ashore together, Papua New Guinea
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Himba women around a fire, Namibia
Crowds filming fireworks through the palms on independence day, Singapore
A young monk rehearses violin beside towering gilded statues, Madagascar
Kids playing on old Japanese WWII relics, Papua New Guinea
Bara woman carrying a basket past homes, Madagascar
Hadzabe hunter-gatherers starting the day's hunt, Tanzania
Two boys riding an electric motorbike down a dusty village road, Tajikistan
Women in front of passing motorcycle, Pakistan
Butchering a crocodile on banana leaves by lamplight, Papua New Guinea
Woman walking the shore of Lake Malawi, Malawi
Himba woman carrying her child through her farm, Namibia
Wide view of a village courtyard shaded by a large tree, Botswana
Men gathered for a meal of bread and sweets on Eid al-Adha, Tajikistan
Evening prayers beneath rows of Buddha images, Cambodia
Himba women tending a cooking fire in the village, Namibia
Classroom in the highlands, Papua New Guinea
Hadzabe hunter-gatherers climbing a baobab for honey, Tanzania
Herder walking home beneath a double rainbow, Mongolia
Boy sitting with marbles and playing cards, Papua New Guinea
Community members meet and greet with baby, Papua New Guinea
Children in a village alley at golden hour in the southern highlands, Madagascar
Monk practices violin while another marks up sheet music, Madagascar
Family gathered around a table selling, Papua New Guinea
Inside the Massai village, Tanzania
Wedding attendees seated at the altar amid ceremonial offerings, Cambodia
Restaurant worker, India
Booksellers at night in Calcutta, India
Street traffic beneath limestone peaks and a pagoda in Yangshuo, China
Elderly man with bicycle beside mud-brick wall, Tajikistan
Mornings beneath the ghat umbrellas in Varanasi, India
Christian monks passing religious paintings in a village church, Uganda
Kids in the ocean, Papua New Guinea
Saturday night party in the yurt, Mongolia
Boats moored for the night in Varanasi, India
Booksellers at dusk, India
Children walking through the village at sunset, Namibia
Motorbike passing a poster-plastered roadside shop, Uganda
Bow and arrows left on the riverbank as the Hadzabe bathe, Tanzania
Massai herder pausing to watch a double rainbow over his flock, Tanzania
Adam and Eve print hanging inside a mud-walled home, Botswana
Woman stepping out from behind the old truck in Murghob, Tajikistan
Busy streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Woman in kitchen, family at home, Kazakhstan
Two men riding a motorcycle through town, Pakistan
Herder driving cattle through a gate, Eswatini
Bara men gathered in the shade, Madagascar
Himba woman digging with children looking on, Namibia
Grandmother and child in a stilt-house kitchen in northern, Thailand
Shopkeep, India
Himba village, Namibia
Sorting through stacks of notebooks in Calcutta, India
Massai man walking toward the village beneath a double rainbow, Tanzania
Gulewamkulu at a funeral for a village chief, Malawi
Street scene on Hang Bo in Hanoi's Old Quarter, Vietnam
Monks reciting sutras among lotus cushions, China
Monks kneeling before a wall of Buddha portraits, Cambodia
Men playing game, Pakistan
Seated amid stacks of blank paper, India
Biking home, Tajikistan
Toy shop overflowing onto the street, Bangladesh
Woman selling smoked fish at market with her baby there, Papua New Guinea
Cooking popcorn over an open fire in a thatched kitchen, Zambia
Men hanging out on a terrace, Papua New Guinea
Two Massai men at the lakeshore, Tanzania
Warehouse office, Bangladesh
Children playing outside a thatched home, Namibia
Woman in front of her horse, Kyrgyzstan
Walking around the Massai countryside, Tanzania
Ash and smoke in Varanasi, India
Outside bar, Botswana
A shopkeeper works above a crowded street, Bangladesh
Behind the stall, Papua New Guinea
Poultry at a market stall, Bangladesh
Crossroads in Murghob, Tajikistan
Man sitting beneath a shade tree in a village courtyard, Botswana
Sorting through the morning's newspapers, India
Monks atop the mountains, China
Butchering a crocodile, Papua New Guinea
Rice terraces climbing the hillside village, Madagascar
Varanasi, , India
Fireworks over the water on independence day, Singapore
Sadhus sharing a meal by lamplight near Rishikesh, India
Boy on a bicycle with a puppy and chickens in the yard, Nepal
At a traditional 'mumu', Papua New Guinea
Herder among the livestock, Mongolia
Men pausing on the market street, India
Men butchering an animal, Nepal
Mother and child walking through rice paddies in the southern highlands, Madagascar
Selling produce and smoking pipes, Papua New Guinea
Carrying sacks along a terraced hillside path, Rwanda
Car going down dirt road, Burundi
Massai herder walking home along the path as goats graze beneath a double rainbow, Tanzania
Guests gather around the table at a Uyghur wedding, China
A 'mumu' at night, women cut up a cooked pig to hand out, Papua New Guinea
Elder bikes through his village, Tajikistan
Monks filing past carved temple doors at dusk, China
Shaded homes in the southern highlands, Madagascar
Violin practice, Madagascar
Children playing on an old WWII Japanese artillery gun, Papua New Guinea
Crowd gathers at a 'mumu', Papua New Guinea
Porters hauling goods through the market in old Dehli, India
Bookseller among stacks of paperbacks, India
Walking home past a mosque, cat trailing behind, Kazakhstan
Sahdus smoking chillum before bed, the photo taken as the match is tossed, India
Eating bread and sweets on Eid al-Adha, Tajikistan
Sadhu perched over Varanasi, India
Tea and bread shared over conversation during Eid al-Adha, Tajikistan
Massai man playing with his dogs at dusk, Tanzania
Canoes in the Pacific, Papua New Guinea
Fish market under lights, Bangladesh
Stocked shelves on a corner store, India
Rider hauling a huge bundle of palm fronds through dust, Uganda
Walking past shrines in Varanasi, India
Men having a friendly argument, Pakistan
Chatting through a window painted with fish, Thailand
Pouring Chai, India
Massai herding goats below the escarpment, Tanzania
Bookseller among his stacks, India
Elderly woman smoking a pipe, Papua New Guinea
Morning traffic through the market street, India
Dao family near Sapa, Vietnam
Flower buds before dawn in Varanasi, India
Passing a riverside shrine in Varanasi, , India
Massai herder walking with his flock, Tanzania
Gulewamkulu waiting for their turn to perform at a funeral, Malawi
Watermelon vendor making change, Bangladesh
Eating bread and sweets on Eid al-Adha, Tajikistan
Three people and a sleeping dog in the archways in Bodh Gaya, India
Father son and dogs walking, Papua New Guinea
Two men tending a fire against a brick wall, Nepal
Sorting through towers of books, India
Another street scene in Murghob, Tajikistan
Woman peering through a doorway in the highlands, Papua New Guinea
Street bath near the mosque in Calcutta, India
Androy Woman and children bringing home honey, Madagascar
Massai village at dusk, Tanzania
Rickshaw and bamboo cart loaded for the road, Bangladesh
Family kneels in during wedding procession, Cambodia
Gulewamkulu performing at a funeral, Malawi
Noodle shop diner beneath a Mao portrait in Wuhan, China
Androy family gathered outside their home, Madagascar
Man at a doorway between whitewashed courtyard walls, mountains beyond, Tajikistan
Carrying loads home along a rocky path, Eswatini
Inside a hardware stall stacked with paint in Lilongwe, Malawi
Himba woman eating in black and white, Namibia
Massai making a fire, Tanzania
Bara men gathered under a tree with a motorbike, Madagascar
Pilgrims gathered beneath umbrellas on the ghats in Varanasi, India
Crowd packed onto a truck bed during campaign season, Uganda
Hadzabe hunter-gatherers Making fire, Tanzania
Men sort through bread and sweets while women enter from the back during Eid al-Adha, Tajikistan
Street scene in Murghob, Tajikistan
Lighting a chillum with a match and throwing it as the photo is taken near Rishikesh, India
Gulewamkulu towers over mourners beside the coffin, Malawi
Street food vendors amid the crowd, Bangladesh
Invited in for milk; Curds drying by the stove, tea break, Mongolia
Kids playing along the riverbank by dugout canoes, Papua New Guinea
Bara men resting under a tree, Madagascar
Motorbike rider coming home, Vietnam
Herrera women outside one of their homes, Namibia
Man walking through Bukhara, Uzbekistan
A Himba family gathered under a rainbow, Namibia
Woman selling on the islands off of the mainland, Papua New Guinea
Monks chanting in a temple hall, China
Ger door on the open steppe, Mongolia
Fruit vendor, Bangladesh
Monks sharing a meal, a cat relaxing beneath the table, Cambodia
Men carrying a pig stuffed with potatoes, freshly cooked, Papua New Guinea
Himba woman outside her hut at dusk, Namibia
Rustling heard in the distance, Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and their dogs run towards the noise, Tanzania
Butchering a crocodile, Papua New Guinea
Mikea hunter-gatherers roasting roots over an open fire, Madagascar
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