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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Men on roadside in a Chinese desert

(China)

Ugandans walking home from church on a Sunday
Ugandans walking home from church on a Sunday

(Uganda)


Turkana

(Kenya)


Putra Mosque as viewed from the Putra Bridge

(Malaysia)


School children touring the Temple of Kom Ombo


PemÛn guide in an epiphyte garden near the summit of Auyantepui
PemÛn guide in an epiphyte garden near the summit of Auyantepui

(Venezuela)


Lani grass hut



Masi mara youth in Kenya

(Kenya)


Papuan man in Wamena



Turkana

(Kenya)

Willoq man wearing traditional red clothing
Willoq man wearing traditional red clothing
Location: Willoq community in the Sacred Valley near Ollantaytambo outside of Cuzco; PeruV

(Peru)

Water box used for gold mining along the Rio Tambopata
Water box used for gold mining along the Rio Tambopata
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Traditional animal-skin yurt

(China)


Fisherman working at sun down in Indonesia



Boys in Congo



Papua man in tradition dress


Aerial view the Pangkalanbun and the Kumai River in Kalimantan (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Aerial view the Pangkalanbun and the Kumai River in Kalimantan

(Indonesia)


Dani man with penis gourd



Turkana

(Kenya)


Balinese Kecack Dance



Kaiapo Indians in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)


Group in Dani in a highland village



Kids in a Tsaranoro Valley village


Woman with kids (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Woman with kids

(Indonesia)


Muslim women; India
(India)

Woman in Luang Namtha village
Woman in Luang Namtha village

(Laos)


Girl with painted face in Ankarana


Children at play in Ban Keuocheb, a Lao village
Children at play in Ban Keuocheb, a Lao village

(Laos)


Uighur woman in front of her yurt

(China)


Children in a Dani village


Smiling mothers with babies on their backs
Smiling mothers with babies on their backs
Location: Willoq community in the Sacred Valley near Ollantaytambo outside of Cuzco; Peru

(Peru)

Lao kids
Lao kids

(Laos)


Malagasy woman



Little Malagasy girl


Mothers and kids in the Willoq community
Mothers and kids in the Willoq community
Location: Willoq community in the Sacred Valley near Ollantaytambo outside of Cuzco; Peru

(Peru)


Turkana

(Kenya)


Vezo girl



Tajik elder

(China)


Poler propelling makoro (boat) in delta



Vezo kids in Arovana (Ankorohoke)


Tracking chimps in the jungles of Kibale forest in Uganda
Tracking chimps in the jungles of Kibale forest in Uganda

(Uganda)


Turkana woman

(Kenya)


Perdana Putra; the Malaysian Prime Minister's Office

(Malaysia)


Boy in the Antanifotsy Valley



Woman in the Deqin market

(China)


Girl in a Tsaranoro Valley village



African kids in a classroom at Badougbe Village school



Dani woman



Kids in an Antanifotsy Valley village



Boy streering a traditional boat near Lake Tempe


Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village
Lao kids in a Luang Namtha village

(Laos)

Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru
Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Kaiapo shaman

(Brazil)

Machu Picchu Pueblo along Urubamba river
Machu Picchu Pueblo along Urubamba river
Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu

(Peru)


Girl in a Tsaranoro Valley village


Man cutting Nipa palm frons as construction material (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Man cutting Nipa palm frons as construction material

(Indonesia)


Dani warrior



Arrows in the hand of a Mouley



Turkana

(Kenya)


Alex, a Dani man


Green grasshopper
Green grasshopper

(Peru)

Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos
Girl waiting for boys to play pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game among the Hill tribes in Laos

(Laos)


Lani man in his hut



Lani man carrying firewood and a machete



Tajik woman sitting on a bench in front of a shuttered window in Tashkurgan

(China)

Thomas standing among charred remains of tropical rainforest in Borneo (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Thomas standing among charred remains of tropical rainforest in Borneo

(Indonesia)


Girl working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway

(China)


Amerindian girl

(Brazil)

Boy preparing to go spearfishing
Boy preparing to go spearfishing

(Laos)


Children at Mamallapuram

(India)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong

(Laos)

Football players stretching before practice in Gabon
Football players stretching before practice in Gabon

(Gabon)


Armed Papuans


Oxplowing a rice paddy
Oxplowing a rice paddy

(Laos)


Balinese Kecack Dance



Armed clansmen in New Guinea


Oscar Mishaja; rainforest guide in the Tambopata region
Oscar Mishaja; rainforest guide in the Tambopata region
Sitting on buttress roots of rainforest tree.
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Monks in Thailand
Monks in Thailand

(Thailand)

Boy streering a traditional boat near Lake Tempe (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Boy streering a traditional boat near Lake Tempe

(Indonesia)

Lao children
Lao children

(Laos)


Girl looking out a window of a hut in a village in the Tsaranoro Valley



Amber fort

(India)


Family in a tiny village near Mantandia



Vezo child



Group in Dani in a highland village


Kapok (Ceiba) tree canopy observation platform
Kapok (Ceiba) tree canopy observation platform
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Farmer near Gunung Kawi


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