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A Dassanech man shows off his distinctive painted clay hairdo. The central panel consists of tightly packed coils of sisal thread extracted from grain sacks that allow the scalp to breathe underneath the clay. The scarification on his chest indicates that he has killed a man in combat. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech, also known as the Galeb,
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Local girl with typical scar near, Volcano Yasur, Island of Tanna, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Pacific
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A female silky shark with bite marks inflicted by a male during mating, Socorro Island, Mexico
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Portrait of Ana, Mursi Tribe, Marege Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A battle-scarred lion with a fine mane in Masai Mara National Reserve.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A battle-scarred lion with a fine mane in Masai Mara National Reserve.
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An Afar girl has tribal scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.
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A Turkana girl in all her finery. Among the Turkana,cicatrization is a common form of beautification. She wears a crucifix given to her by a missionary; they are popular ornaments despite not necessarily being associated with Christianity.
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An Afar girl with braided hair has very noticeable scarification on her cheeks. Scarification is practiced in only a few sections of her tribe. Proud and fiercely independent,the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.
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A fine maned lion.Adult male lions weigh up to 500lb. They begin to grow manes at the age of eighteen months,which will not fully develop until the age of five or six.
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Young Hamar woman with red clay in her hair and with scars and marks of being whipped on her back, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa
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A fine male lion.Adult male lions weigh up to 500lb. They begin to grow manes at the age of eighteen months,which will not fully develop until the age of five or six.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A fine black-maned lion in Masai Mara National Reserve.
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Two male Southern Elephant Seals rear up, booming and roaring, ready to fight over females or territory. These seals are the largest in the world with males weighing up to 4 tons.
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A mother's recovering stomach after having a baby by c-section, covered with medical tape.
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Texture of human skin and scratch. Extreme close up macro shot
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A mother's recovering stomach after having a baby by c-section, covered with medical tape.
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Kenya, near Marsabit. Two young samburu boys follow their cattle through the arid landscape.
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An attractive Oromo girl in the medieval walled city of Harar. Her beaded jewellery sets her apart from Harari residents.Once an independent city state dating back to the early 16th century, Harar was incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire in 1887.
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An attractive woman at Bati market.Situated on top of the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, Bati is the largest open air market in Ethiopia.Nomads and their camels trek long distances every week from the harsh low lying deserts to barter with Amhara and Oromo farmers living in the fertile highlands.
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A fine maned lion.Adult male lions weigh up to 500lb. They begin to grow manes at the age of eighteen months,which will not fully develop until the age of five or six.
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A Nyangatom woman with ornamental scarring on her stomach. The scarrs are made with a razor and then infected with ash and cow dung to cause the raised welts.The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.
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A Dassanech man stands on one leg in typical pose while looking after his familys cattle in the Omo Delta, one of the largest inland deltas in the world. The extensive scarification on his chest and shoulders denotes that he has killed an enemy.They practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.
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A Datoga woman in traditional attire, which includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses and coiled brass necklaces and ear ornaments.Extensive scarification of the face with raised circular patterns is not uncommon among women and girls.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A pride male resting along a drainage line with his ten week old cub early in the morning.
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Portrait of a young boy with blach eye on white background
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A Nyangatom girl with unusual body scarification.The Nyangatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia. They form a part of the Ateger speaking people a cluster of seven eastern Nilotic tribes to which the Turkana of Northern Kenya and the Karamajong of Eastern Uganda belong.
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Closeup of ten rings newly pierced on a woman's torso
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Handsome Native American man with tattoos and plaid pants
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Close up of metal staples used to stitch up a skin in a knee operation
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A Dassanech man stands on one leg in typical pose while looking after his familys cattle in the Omo Delta, one of the largest inland deltas in the world. The extensive scarification on his chest and shoulders denotes that he has killed an enemy.They practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.
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Black gangster men ready to fight high contrast low key.
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An image of a woman looking at her colonostomy result.
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Bruise and sceriosis on the arm of an elderly female. The elderly have a tendency to bruise more easily than younger people.
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Nubian women wear bright dresses and headscarves even though they are Muslims. Many of the older generation have tribal scars on their faces.
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Nubian women wear bright dresses and headscarves even though they are Muslims. Many of the older generation have tribal scars on their faces. .
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An attractive woman at Bati market.Situated on top of the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, Bati is the largest open air market in Ethiopia.Nomads and their camels trek long distances every week from the harsh low lying deserts to barter with Amhara and Oromo farmers living in the fertile highlands.
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