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  • Photographers and a model at an automobile exhibition.
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  • A model at the 3rd China International Automobile Exhibition.
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  • Elysee, owner and designer of Zemo Elysee with a model.
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  • A 1925 Model T drives down an old strip of National Road.
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  • The potential spending power of Chinese women could be enormous in the next decade. According to estimates from MasterCard International, the total purchasing power of young Chinese women living on their own or in married households with no children is likely to rise from US$180 billion in 2005 to $260 billion in 2015.<br />
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Young Chinese are the drivers and chief beneficiaries of the country’s current boom. According to a recent survey by Credit Suisse First Boston, the incomes of 20- to 29-year-olds grew 34% in the past three years, by far the biggest of any age group. And because of their self-interested, apolitical pragmatism, they could turn out to be the salvation of the ruling Communist Party—as long as it keeps delivering the economic goods.
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  • Models primp before appearing at a fashion show at a bar venue.
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  • Models sleep before appearing at a fashion show at a bar venue.
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  • Models on a cattle call fixing their make up.
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  • A plastic company that makes household items with older injection molding equipment.
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  • Plastic sorting in the Philippines.
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  • A plastic company that makes household items with older injection molding equipment.
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  • A plastic company that makes household items with older injection molding equipment.
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  • A plastic company that makes household items with older injection molding equipment.
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  • Plastic sorting in the Philippines.
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  • Plastic sorting in the Philippines.
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  • Plastic collectors in the Philippines.
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  • China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition that began in 2003 is one of the largest international auto shows in China. This event has an exhibition ground measuring 85,000 square meters and it filled eight exhibition halls. Over 370 exhibitors from 20 other countries and regions, took part in this exhibition, which was covered by more than 1,600 news reporters representing upwards of 510 TV and radio stations, newspapers, magazines, and online media at home and abroad. 120,000 people attended.
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  • Photographer Randy Olson dives off the coast of Komodo Island.
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  • Spearfishing in the bay.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • A boy takes his cow to 4H competition at the Humboldt County Fair.
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  • A big wheel bicycle rider at Geauga County, fair.
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  • A boy uses milk to coax his pet lamb and calf into a waiting truck; the animals are being taken to a nearby fair competition.
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  • A boy uses milk to coax his pet lamb and calf into a waiting truck; the animals are being taken to a nearby fair competition.
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  • Father and son in the farm pickup truck (one of two images taken years apart).
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  • Father and son in the farm pickup truck (one of two images taken years apart).
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  • Guests at the Mediterranean Bistro, a wine and beer loft.
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  • A man works out along the beach in Lummus Park at sunrise.
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  • A man works out along the beach in Lummus Park at sunrise.
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  • A man works out along the beach in Lummus Park at sunrise.
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  • A man works out along the beach in Lummus Park at sunrise.
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  • An Afro-Cuban dance teacher shows dance moves of sea goddess Yemaya.
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  • An Afro-Cuban dance teacher looks out toward the ocean.
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  • An Afro-Cuban dance teacher shows dance moves of sea goddess Yemaya.
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  • A couple talk and laugh at an outdoor restaurant at night.
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  • A couple enjoys a private moment at an outdoor restaurant.
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  • A weight lifter on the beach at Lummus Park.
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  • Portrait of Shirley, a float house owner near Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Swede, a float house owner, bows farewell to guests as they leave for the evening near Prince of Wales Island.
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  • For an anniversary celebration, a husband surprised his wife with a romantic candle-lit dinner in a tent perched above a secluded beach on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Children help their mother unload the dishwasher in the kitchen of their home on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • A couple rides in a limousine to the airport to take a helicopter to the Mendenhall Glacier for their wedding.
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  • After the wedding ceremony on the Mendenhall Glacier, a newly married couple waits to fly back to their cruise ship by helicopter.
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  • A big congratulations wish to a couple dressed in formal attire who donned crampons to walk on ice to be married on the Mendenhall Glacier. They took a helicopter onto the icefield and said their vows, then were toasted husband and wife.
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  • Families gather for a boat ride and check a crab pot that also contained a common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) that feeds on crabs and other intertidal, marine creatures.
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  • Father and daugter kayak on still water near Moser Island which separates North and South Arms Hoonah Sound on Chichagof Island in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Young girls hike through an uplift meadow with a mosaic of flowering plants on Moser Island which separates North and South Arms Hoonah Sound off of Chichagof Island.
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  • A young girl investigates sea life at low tide on Moser Island in Southeast Alaska.<br />
Scientists have counted at least 170 species of macroscopic invertebrates in the rich marine intertidal zones.
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  • A hiker explores an ice cave recently revealed at Mendenhall Glacier. As the glaciers in southeast Alaska melt, ice is exposed thousands of years after being buried. Some tunnels in the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield are connected to ice caves, which formed as the glacier moved across uneven surfaces.<br />
During the Pleistoncene Great Ice Age several climate fluctuations created glacial advance and retreat, and vast sheets of ice covered nearly a third of the Earth’s land mass and one half of Alaska. As the climate warmed during the Holocene, ice retreated remaining in Alaskan at high elevations. The most recent variation in advance and retreat created the Juneau Icefield formed 3,000 years ago and ending in the 1700’s. Mendenhall Glacier has flowed for 250 years for 13 miles ending in a lake at its’ base.
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  • A timber faller works alone with a chain saw in the forest cutting trees one by one at Winter Harbor on Prince of Wales Island. It is dangerous work.<br />
 The forests in the Tongass can take a 1000 years for spruce, hemlock and Sitka cedar to grow and tower over a lush forest floor in Alaska's Southeast.<br />
Less than 5 percent of the entire Tongass is composed of high-volume old growth. The biggest and best trees, the biological heart of the rainforest, has been cut—much of it for pulp.
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  • A timber faller works alone in the woods at Winter Harbor. It is dangerous work and cuts are calculated so a tree will fall cleanly to prevent injuries.
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  • A timber faller works alone in the woods at Winter Harbor on Prince of Wales Island. He turns off his chain saw occasionally to listen for others working on nearby hillsides. It is a way the men look out for each other's safety.<br />
Loggers and fishermen rank in the top two spots for most dangerous jobs. Both are common lines of work for people in the Alaskan outdoors. Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking fatal occupational injuries in 1980, there were 4,547 fatal work injuries in 2010, and fatality rates of some occupations remain alarmingly high.
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  • A boy proudly displays the salmon he caught when the family was fishing near Prince of Wales Island.
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  • The axe throwing contest at the annual logging show is one of the many competitions among locals to show off their skills on Prince of Wales Island. Red bulls eye targets are painted on cuts from trees in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Equiped with crampons and emergency equipment, a hiker crawls through a blue ice tunnel formed in the Mendenhall Glacier. As the glaciers in southeast Alaska melt, ice is exposed thousands of years after being buried. Some tunnels in the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield are connected to ice caves, which formed as the glacier moved across uneven surfaces.<br />
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During the Pleistoncene Great Ice Age several climate fluctuations created glacial advance and retreat, and vast sheets of ice covered nearly a third of the Earth’s land mass and one half of Alaska. As the climate warmed during the Holocene, ice retreated remaining in Alaskan at high elevations. The most recent variation in advance and retreat created the Juneau Icefield formed 3,000 years ago and ending in the 1700’s. Mendenhall Glacier has flowed for 250 years for 13 miles ending in a lake at its’ base.
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  • Dressed in elegant formal wear, a bride and groom walk to the helicopter to fly up onto a glacier for their wedding ceremony in Southeast Alaska.
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  • A bride and groom cut the cake and kiss after their wedding ceremony that was held on the Mendenhall Glacier. Champagne, flowers, music and a linen table cloth set the scene for their atypical, romantic celebration.
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  • Hands clasped, a couple shows their rings after the wedding on Mendenhall Glacier.
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  • A bride picks up the groom for the kiss completing the wedding ceremony. The couple strapped on crampons beneath their formal wear and flew by helicopter onto the Mendenhall Glacier for a memorable experience in Southeast Alaska.
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  • A surreal and beautiful setting for the wedding ceremony. A cake and champagne are placed on a table covered with a linen cloth. A camera on a tripod records the couple's wedding vows taken on the Mendenhall Glacier. They said they were married in "God's Cathedral."
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  • Drivers of four-wheeling, off-road vehicles compete while sliding through a slippery race course of muck at a weekend mud bogging contest on Prince of Wales Island. Competitors try to beat the clock as they drive through a water-logged muddy course.
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  • A rustic, float house, characteristic in Southeast Alaska, is reflected in the waters at dusk. The structure is tied off in a protected cove and accessible only by boat or float plane. Swede and his dog stand on the dock and watch for the evening guests' arrival.
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  • It's a festive atmosphere in the kitchen as a  couple prepares dinner for friends on their float house. Located on a secluded bay, visitors arrive by boat or by a water landing in a plane.
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  • A newly married couple dances on Mendenhall Glacier. They took a helicopter onto the icefield and celebrated after the ceremony. Although dressed in traditional wedding formal wear, they were careful to step over the melting ice in their crampons.
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  • Hiking and exploring the wilderness in Tongass National Forest, conservationists playfully teach their daughters to whistle using blades of grass.
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  • A young girl examines a common sunstar fish or Crossaster papposus that is exposed at low tide on Moser Island. They normally grow nine or ten arms but can have many more. They have a spiny texture and pray on other sea stars, sea urchins, snails, cucumbers and sea anemones living in the intertidal zone in Alaska's Southeast.
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  • A common sunstar fish or Crossaster papposus is exposed at low tide in a rich intertidal zone on Moser Island in Alaska's Southeast. It normally has nine or ten arms but can have many more. They have a piny texture and pray on other sea stars, sea urchins, snails, cucumbers and sea anemones.
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  • Cody, a timber faller, works alone in the woods at Winter Harbor on Prince of Wales Island. It’s dangerous work, and fallers listen for others’ saws between cuts to make sure a buddy isn't injured. Following his father’s example, Cody wanted to be a timber faller since he was a kid. He got his first chain saw when he was nine and has been working since he turned seventeen.<br />
  He leaves home at 5 a.m. driving an hour to the work site. Carrying a heavy chain saw, he walks with the grace of a ballet dancer on a maze of fallen trees. His shoes, called corks that cost as much as $750, have metal-spiked soles so he is stable on fallen trees.<br />
  Loggers and fishermen rank in the top two spots for most dangerous jobs. Both are common lines of work for people in the Alaskan outdoors. Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking fatal occupational injuries in 1980, there were 4,547 fatal work injuries in 2010, and fatality rates of some occupations remain alarmingly high.
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  • Two fishermen net a salmon near Prince of Wales Island in the pristine waters of Southeast Alaska.
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  • Heads together, two girl friends beach-comb near the water's edge investigating sea life at low tide in Southeast Alaska. <br />
Scientists have counted at least 170 species of macroscopic invertebrates in the rich marine intertidal zones.
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  • Tourists are drawn to the beauty of Alaska and its glaciers, and some come for the ultimate and most unlikely experience—donning crampons for their wedding on ice.<br />
If the weather cooperates, couples can arrange for a limousine pickup from a cruise ship to the airport for a helicopter flight onto a glacier. They had a traditional ceremony with tuxedo and white wedding dress and extra touches including wedding cake, music, and flowers.<br />
The groom pops the cork on a bottle of champagne provided by the planner who married this couple on the Mendenhall Glacier.
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  • A father and son head to an early morning parade for a Carnival type festival celebrated every five years in spring when light wins over darkness in the mountains. Ancient Pagan traditions and festivals such as Schleicherlaufen  are held in the Tyrol where the Savages wear grotesque masks and costumes of moss, representing winter. Men go into the woods nearby Telfs and collect lichen while wives and mothers sew it onto clothing creating "wild ones" for the festival.
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  • A man surveys a beach littered with driftwood logs.
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  • A woman harvests taro leaves on the family farm.
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  • A girl plays in a taro field while the leaves are being harvested.
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  • A family tending their taro fields, threatened by apple snails.
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  • Kanoa family tending their taro fields, threatened by apple snails.
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  • Young cowboys practice roping sheep.
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  • A cowboy rancher rides a horse across the flat sagebrush sea of western landscape. High, windswept clouds overhead in clear blue sky is typical in Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area in Oregon's Harney County. The agreement was created to protect the land and scarce water sources valued by ranchers and wildlife.
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  • Young cowboys turn a ranch cattle chute into a homegrown playground on a ranch near Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon. The young cow pokes learn to ride horses when they are young, and help move cattle on the ranch.
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  • A silver-painted but nude, tuba-playing unicyclist rides through the desert at Burning Man Festival. Balancing her sousaphone, she was like a mirage and disappeared into a crowd in the Black Rock Playa. The counter-culture celebration is held annually in Nevada and attracts thousands of costumed participants to party. Many performance artists plan unique and strange costumes that are creative and whimsical. There are no spectators, only participants.
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  • A cyclist on a 19th century style cycle pedals ahead of a thunderstorm.
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  • Man on antique bike pedals ahead of an Indiana thunderstorm.
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  • Girl holds a small kitten on her family farm in Greenup, Illinois.
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  • Boy holds a small kitten on his family farm in Greenup, Illinois..
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  • A farmer stands with his child in a cornfield.
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  • The Don Stewart family, dressed in period attire, ride old-fashioned bicycles dating from the late 1800's.
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  • Portrait of a smiling man with his pet snake.
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  • A young camper bathes alfresco in a bucket while visiting Yosemite National Park with her family. Although 95% of the 759,620 acres are wilderness, California's Yosemite draws about four million visitors each year, and most tourists spend the majority of their time in the seven square miles of Yosemite Valley.<br />
Established in 1864, Yosemite is best known for its waterfalls, giant rock faces that surround deep glaciated valleys, grand meadows and ancient giant sequoias.
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  • A young trainer works with a wild horse training him to calmly walk through a pool filled with plastic bottles for the first time.
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  • A young trainer works with a wild horse training him with a gentle calm voice asking him to lie down.
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  • A young trainer works with a horse training in a gentle manner rewarding him with a scratch on the neck.
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  • A young trainer works with a wild horse in a gentle manner.
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  • A young trainer calms a wild horse she is training, one of 50 unwanted wild horses she has adopted.
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  • A young trainer calms one of the 50 unwanted wild mustangs she and her mother adopted.
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