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  • Photographers capture photos of a model looking through a car window at an automobile exhibition.
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  • A model dressed in white shorts and tall boots sits on a hood of a car while a man admires the headlight at China International Automobile Exhibition. The event began in Guangzhou in 2003 and is one of the largest international auto shows in China. <br />
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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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  • A 1925 Model T drives down an old strip of National Road.
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  • Elysee, owner and designer of Zemo Elysee fashion shop with models.<br />
he number of women entrepreneurs in China is growing. About three in ten businesses in China are women owned and, according to the All-China Women’s Federation, women account for one-quarter of total China-based entrepreneurs.
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  • A fashionable, young woman texts while sitting in a bar in Beijing. The potential spending power of Chinese women may be enormous in the next decade according to MasterCard International estimates. The total purchasing power of Chinese women living on their own or in married households with no children is likely to rise.
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  • Models primp styling their hair and touching up makeup before appearing at a fashion show at a bar venue.
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  • Two models sleep on the floor with their heads on a pillow before appearing at a fashion show at a bar venue.
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  • A model sits waiting to try on clothes and jewelry for an accessory photo shoot.
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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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  • 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 collectors in the Philippines.
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  • Plastic sorting in the Philippines.
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  • Spearfishing in the bay.
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  • Spearfishing in the bay.
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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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  • Spearfishing in the bay.
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  • A Samoan's body is covered with traditional tattoos.
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  • A Samoan family takes a dip in the bay.
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  • A young woman eats with chopsticks in a communal dining room.
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  • Employees arrange dresses inside a fashion designer's workshop.
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  • A dog treat motivates a canine to exercise. Large pets dogs are illegal, so this woman exercises her pet inside on a treadmill in a pet spa.
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  • Students in their dorm room work at their computers while a roommate hangs his laundry outside the window at Shanghai's Jiao Tong University.
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  • Rachel is a “headhunter” for the Comfort Class. She is single and lives at home with her parents who were part of one of the worst social experiments in history. Mao unified the country, but then was responsible for the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, countless famines. <br />
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Then, Deng proclaimed, “To get rich is glorious” and opened the flood gates to the “Special Economic Zone” cities on the south coast, creating the largest peacetime human migration in history. Many 20-somethings say that Tiananmen Square had to be put down or it would have hurt Deng’s economic plans and they would not have their nice apartments with flat screens in every room.
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  • A couple embraces in the back of a convertible. Seventy couples in a mass marriage ceremony traveled to Century Park for the Rose Wedding Festival.
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  • A parent peers through a window keeping a close eye through the window where a musician plays a guitar to a yawning child.
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  • A young woman shops at the Carrefours Department Store that is filled with colorful merchandise and signage.
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  • A young woman with a camera taking a picture in a pedestrian shopping area at night.
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  • Portrait of a smiling young woman at the Baby Face Club.
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  • A woman talking on a cell phone on a city street at night.
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  • A large gold mask is displayed on a ledge while a young woman walks in the lobby of a nightclub.
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  • A portrait of a young Chinese woman eating with chopsticks.
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  • A portrait of a young Chinese woman with hands on her face who appears to be tired and lost in thought.
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  • A flash goes off as a young woman in a dimly lit blue-lit bar snaps a photo with her camera.
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  • A young woman sits alone having a drink in a darkly lit bar.
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  • A young woman laughing on a street in the Chaoyang district.
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  • A young woman smiles with her eyes from a partially open car window open in the rain with drops of water on the car's red hood.
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  • A pet lover grooms one of her dogs and sits in her apartment with a friend.
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  • A pet lover with her dog holds out a treat while a dog with big ears peers out from a television screen.
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  • A woman points while young people enjoy drinks and conversation in a crowded bar.<br />
Flashing neon strobe lights electrify night spot that attracts young people in Shanghai.
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  • A young woman turns on a light in her simple, sparse apartment.
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  • A young woman adjusts her hair and makeup on the street in Guangzhou while looking into a compact mirror.
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  • A young woman holds a camera sitting at a cafe inside a shopping mall.
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  • A woman stands by a fence in an urban basketball court that is lined with Nike ads.
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  • A young woman sucks on a straw at a Starbucks cafe.
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  • A young woman sucks on a straw at a Starbucks cafe.
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  • A young woman studies a menu at an upscale restaurant in Guangzhou.
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  • A young woman shops for shoes in a busy store.
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  • Street lights at night illuminate a couple making a wedding photo on a bridge with the Pudong skyline in the background.
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  • Rachel is a “headhunter” for the Comfort Class. She is single and lives at home with her parents who were part of one of the worst social experiments in history. Mao unified the country, but then was responsible for the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, countless famines. <br />
<br />
Then, Deng proclaimed, “To get rich is glorious” and opened the flood gates to the “Special Economic Zone” cities on the south coast, creating the largest peacetime human migration in history. Many 20-somethings say that Tiananmen Square had to be put down or it would have hurt Deng’s economic plans and they would not have their nice apartments with flat screens in every room.
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  • A young woman sits on a barstool in a crowded bar in Guangzhou.
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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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  • 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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  • Tourists are wed on Mendenhall Glacier in the Tongass National Forest. He marks the spot of their ceremony with a GPS while behind them a guide leads hikers up an icy trail. She blissfully basks in the sun as they wait for their helicopter return back to Juneau.
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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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  • Two girls beach-comb near the water's edge investigating crabs and other 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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  • 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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  • A couple rides in a limousine to the airport to take a helicopter to the Mendenhall Glacier for their wedding. Holding flowers for the ceremony, they share a warm moment in anticipation of the event.
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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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  • Living on a float house in a quiet bay, a woman drives a boat to Thorne Bay for supplies and to take her children to school on Prince of Wales Island.
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