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  • The Ituri River watershed.
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  • A Mbuti Pygmy spear projecting into a rain forest scene.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy tribesmen in the rain forest with freshly killed duikers.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy tribespeople with hunting net and baby in sling in forest.
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  • A Pygmy chops down forest for a garden.
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  • Mbuti Pygmies at a forest hunting camp.
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  • Mbuti Pygmies at a forest hunting camp.
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  • Mbuti Pygmies at a forest hunting camp.
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  • Mbuti Pygmies at a forest hunting camp.
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  • A man carrying a plank out of the Ituri Forest in Congo.
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  • Men digging for gold in a pit in the Ituri forest of Congo.
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  • Men carrying lumber out of the Ituri Forest in Congo.
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  • A logging camp in the Ituri Forest.
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  • A Pygmy woman hauls a piece of mahogony from the Ituri Forest.
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  • A logging camp in the Ituri Forest.
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  • Twilight view of distant thunderstorm over Congolese forests.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boys participating in manhood initiation rites.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boys receiving scars during manhood initiation rites.
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  • Men load a wooden plank onto a bicycle.
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  • A freshly slain duiker and a machete in a basket.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boys participating in manhood initiation rites.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy girls in body paint during boys' manhood initiation rites.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy children play with a bow and arrow.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy woman and child in the frame for a leaf-covered hut.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boys behind grass screen during manhood initiation rites.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy women working together.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy tribesmen sitting on rolled up hunting nets.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy hunter with spear and rolled up net for snaring game.
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  • An informal portrait of a sweating Congolese man.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boy in a grass skirt during manhood initiation rites.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy woman and child in the frame for a leaf-covered hut.
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  • Mbuti boys during a puberty ritual.
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  • Mbuti boys endure rites of manhood alongside their peers.
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  • Bantu tribespeople worship.
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  • A Bantu woman clears brush for a garden.
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  • Mbuti boys catch fish as part of their initiation into manhood.
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  • Mbuti boys wear grass skirts during their circumcision ceremony.
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  • Mbuti boys wear grass skirts during their circumcision ceremony.
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  • A group of Mbuti Pygmy women and children.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boys receiving scars during manhood initiation rites.
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  • An Mbuti Pygmy woman and man waving grass whips.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boys applying body paint during manhood initiation rites.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy girls apply clay paint for the boys' manhood initiation.
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  • A Mbuti Pygmy woman smokes a pipe as another nurses a baby.
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  • Mbuti boys endure whippings during a puberty ritual.
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  • Bantu tribespeople living a sedentary existence.
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  • An okapi forages in a wildlife reserve.
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  • Vendors carry wares on bicycles on Congo's muddy roads.
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  • Sorting out the hunting nets made of twined liana bark.
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  • Mbuti boys wear grass skirts during their circumcision ceremony.
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  • An okapi forages in a wildlife reserve.
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  • Gold mining in northeastern Congo.
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  • Mbuti Pygmy boys participating in manhood initiation rites.
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  • Clearing room for a garden, Mbuti men hack through tropical hardwood.
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  • A Pygmy woman does chores for a wealthy family in Beni.
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  • Refugee Pygmies at their camp.
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  • Pygmy children play outside.
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  • The road to Beni is nearly impassable during the wet season.
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  • Mbuti boys endure whippings during a puberty ritual.
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  • An Mbuti hunter carries a net of twined liana bark on his head.
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  • An Mbuti hunter drapes a net between trees to catch game.
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  • Boys wear ceremonial skirts for their circumcision ceremonies.
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  • An Mbuti boy catches fish as part of his initiation into manhood.
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  • Hunters scale trees with makeshift smoker baskets in pursuit of honey.
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  • Gold mining in northeastern Congo.
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  • A gold mining town in northeastern Congo.
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  • A domestic dispute incident.
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  • Pygmy tribespeople are treated at a health clinic.
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  • A Pygmy choir is led by a Bantu tribesman.
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  • Traders push goods hundreds of miles by bicycle.
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  • An Mbuti hunter carries a net of twined liana bark.
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  • Pygmies daub each other with clay to beautify their bodies.
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  • Pygmies bend branches to create shelter at hunting camps.
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  • Pygmies travel the trans-African highway in Epulu.
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  • Boys wearing ceremonial skirts trail their elders to a hunting camp.
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  • The Chief of Salate goes to a secluded camp for the nkumbi ritual.
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  • Mbuti boys endure rites of manhood alongside their peers.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7209_976445.JPG
  • The Mbuti ferry the portable details of their lives from camp to camp.
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  • Gold mining in northeastern Congo.
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  • A Pygmy woman does chores for a wealthy family in Beni.
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  • A Pygmy woman does chores for a wealthy family in Beni.
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  • Boys are secluded before they do dances signifying their manhood.
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  • A Mbuti boy endures a ritual scarification by razor blade.
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  • A Mbuti boy displays welts from being whipped during a puberty ritual.
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  • A Pygmy choir is led by a Bantu tribesman.
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  • The Mbuti drape nets between trees and flush game toward them.
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  • Mbuti boys are kept silent by clamping leaves in their mouths.
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  • The sound of pipes fills an Mbuti camp as men play by the fireside.
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  • Though blind, an Mbute boy endures rites of manhood alongside peers.
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  • Pygmies bend branches to create shelter at hunting camps.
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  • Mbuti women assemble shelter walls using mongongo leaves.
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  • The road to Beni is nearly impassable during the wet season.
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  • A Pygmy preacher at the Pentecost Church in Epulu.
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  • A gold mining town in northeastern Congo.
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  • Mbuti boys wait to be whipped during an initiation into manhood.
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  • Pygmies bring leaves to the Okapi Faunal Reserve to feed the Okapis.
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  • Traders push goods hundreds of miles by bicycle.
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  • Pygmies daub each other with clay to beautify their bodies.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7209_972254.TIF
  • Refugee Pygmy children and puppies surround a campfire.
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  • Refugee Pygmies wash near their leaf huts.
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