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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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Village in Isalo National Park (Isalo)


Bwindi orphans group children doing traditional dances and songs
Bwindi orphans group children doing traditional dances and songs

(Uganda)

Homg girls playing Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game
Homg girls playing Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship game

(Laos)


Children in a village in the Tsaranoro Valley



Women in the Antanifotsy Valley



Papuan kids drinking out of a leaking water pipe


Woman weaving silk in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Woman weaving silk in Rantepao

(Indonesia)

Water box used by gold miners (mineros) along the Rio Tambopata
Water box used by gold miners (mineros) along the Rio Tambopata
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Turkana

(Kenya)

Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile while participating in a traditional courtship ritual
Hmong girl in traditional apparel talking on a mobile while participating in a traditional courtship ritual

(Laos)


Kids in an Antanifotsy Valley village


Lodge room at the Tambopata Research Center
Lodge room at the Tambopata Research Center
Location: Tambopata rainforestV

(Peru)


Boy running near Ranohira


Monk in a boat on the Nam Ou river
Monk in a boat on the Nam Ou river

(Laos)


Dani woman


Fernando at Sacsayhuaman
Fernando at Sacsayhuaman
Location: Cuzco

(Peru)


Tajik kids in rural China

(China)


Malagasy working in the rice fields of central Madagascar (RN7)



Ilakaka (Isalo)



Benja with baobabs (Morondava)



Man carrying a bale of hey in the New Guinea highlands


Men bringing charcoal to market
Men bringing charcoal to market

(Uganda)


Agriculture in the highlands of New Guinea



Women working in a terraced rice field



Balinese Kecack Dance



Kids in a Congo fishing village



Kids in Maroantsetra


Distributing bread to the Willoq community
Distributing bread to the Willoq community
Location: Willoq community in the Sacred Valley near Ollantaytambo outside of Cuzco; Peru

(Peru)


Woman weaving silk in Rantepao



Ft Dauphin plantation (Berenty-Fort Dauphin)


Inca ruins and terraces on the way to Machu Picchu
Inca ruins and terraces on the way to Machu Picchu
Location: Sacred Valley of the Urubamba

(Peru)

Quencha woman in Chinchero market
Quencha woman in Chinchero market
Location: Sacred Valley of the Urubamba

(Peru)


Mother with kids in doorway of home near Tikala



Forging river in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



Young Chinese girl working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway

(China)


Village in the Tsaranoro Valley


Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes
Pov pob, a traditional ball-tossing courtship ritual among the Hmong hill tribes

(Laos)


Mouley people in Syou



Kids in Maroantsetra



Silk weaver in Rantepao


Man in traditional Buginese motorized boat on Lake Tempe (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Man in traditional Buginese motorized boat on Lake Tempe

(Indonesia)

Quechua boy
Quechua boy



Papuan child



Dani man in a savanna



Dani elder in traditional dress atop a watch tower



Mummified Papuan man named Werapak Elosarek (Kain)



Zebu-herding boys doing kung fu moves on RN7 near Anja



Cowboy fishing with a throw net


Monks in Thailand
Monks in Thailand

(Thailand)


Papuan kids



Kids in an Antanifotsy Valley village



Turkana

(Kenya)


Kids in village outside of Tulear



Woman holding a fish



School children touring the Temple of Kom Ombo



Cowgirl in Colombia



Turkana

(Kenya)


Kids among sweet potato fields in the highlands of New Guinea



Fishing boats off the coast of Madagascar



Benja with baobabs (Morondava)



Dani warrior



Merchants stuffing a live goose into a basket

(China)


Heavy fog prevented us from seeing much on forest hikes

(China)

Ugandan tea plantation
Ugandan tea plantation

(Uganda)

Ox-plowing a rice paddy
Ox-plowing a rice paddy

(Laos)


Woman



Tajik girls walking along the highway

(China)


Naturalist in training

(Indonesia)

Adobe brick making in Urubamba river valley
Adobe brick making in Urubamba river valley
Location: UrubambaV

(Peru)


Body marking on a Turkana woman

(Kenya)


Kids in an Antanifotsy Valley village



Silver dollar fish in the market

(Brazil)


Woman bargaining at the Deqin market

(China)


Cowboy fishing with a throw net



4-wheel driving in Madagascar (Tsingy de Bemaraha)


Woman walking on a road in Laos
Woman walking on a road in Laos

(Laos)

Vines with purple blooms growing in canopy tree
Vines with purple blooms growing in canopy tree
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Lao boy
Lao boy

(Laos)


Bara father and daughter near Isalo NP (Isalo)



Dani man



Dani woman



Balinese Kecack Dance



Tire blowout (Berenty)



Cowboy fishing with a throw net



Balinese Kecack Dance


Child by the road
Child by the road

(Uganda)

Quechua boy
Quechua boy


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