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"Endless war and upheaval have stolen Christina Blandon's childhood. Next to her home in northern Nicaragua lies a Soviet-built reconnaissance vehicle disabled by rebels." (December 1985)

"With her school lacking desks, a student who has found one carries it home each day in a barrio of Managua." (December 1985)

"Eyes of a hunter gaze from a portrait of Daniel Boone, painted on oilcloth in 1820 by Chester Harding from an oil sketch made just three months before Boone's death, at age 85, in Missouri." (December 1985).

Lion's mane jellyfish, August 1973

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Thick unadorned walls assure a calm, cool spot for meditation in a mosque dedicated to Sidi Bou-Gdemma, 11th century founder of Ghardaia. Algeria, August 1973

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Citizens of a forgotten world, opposite Timgad- a trade center from A.D. 100 to 400, when Rome ruled North Africa. August, 1973

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Algeria, August 1973

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a Kabyle woman weaving a rug, Algeria, August 1973

Corals, July 1978

July 1978

July 1978

Palau, July 1978

a Qashqai teacher shepherds children of the tribe through the hills and valleys of learning. The Turkic-speaking Qashqai roam Iran's mountainous southwest. January 1975

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Tea leaf harvest, Iran, January 1975

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Persian military practice, Iran January 1975

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Iran, January 1975

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Paying homage to an ancient king, envoys bearing flowers climb a massive staircase amid the ruins of a giant palace at Persepolis. Begun by Darius I in 520 B.C., the city was the ceremonial capital of Persia, now Iran, for two centuries, until Alexander the Great set his victor's torch to it in 330 B.C. Today, echoing former times, Western nations seek to curry favor with the king of oil-rich Iran through offers of trade and technical assistance. January 1975

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