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  • Bajau live a seaborne lifestyle, getting their food from the ocean. They are sometimes referred to as "Sea Gypsies”. They often live in bamboo stilt house settlement that can only be reached by boat.
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  • The Atlantic ocean - beginning of the trip. The Coney Island Mermaid Parade takes place every year in Coney Island, New York in mid-to-late June. The Parade is a lively and welcoming ocean-themed event open to everyone. The Mermaid Parade is held in celebration of the beginning of the summer season and it pays homage to the Coney Island Mardi Gras parades of the early 20th century...A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”.  Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.
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  • Mining Phosphate on Nauru. Phosphate spreads in the ocean, during a "spit", to check the cantilever mechanism before the ship arrives. On the cantilever that loads Phosphate onto the ship...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Cooking a crab with red dots. On Mantabuan island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Bamboo stilt houses off Maiga Island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Solpan, a fisherman, at dusk, off Bodgaya island.
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  • A low tide, woman named Moti collecting urchins and extracting the meat of it. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Kid sleeping on a fish net. Fishermen fishing with nets on duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Inda Mula, an old Bajau woman living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Old man named Sahad fishing off Bodgaya island.
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  • Kids helping eachother. Tobel's home, . In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Dido cooking blue coral fish called "Ogus". On Mantabuan island.
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  • Dido with cooked coral fish called "Ogus". On Mantabuan island.
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  • Colorful orange corral fish, caught off Mantabuan island.
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  • Colorful orange corral fish, caught off Mantabuan island.
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  • A teenage boy has diner in his bamboo stilt house. On Mantabuan island. On Mantabuan island.
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  • Fried fish. On Mantabuan island.
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  • Coral fish. Fishing off Boheydulang island.
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  • Giant clam. Man named Tobel fishing for coral fish, giant clams and scallops, off Boheydulang island.
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  • Giant clam. Man named Tobel fishing for coral fish, giant clams and scallops, off Boheydulang island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Bamboo stilt houses off Maiga Island.
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  • At the he bamboo stilt house of Robeldati, off Boheydulang island.
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  • In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Old man named Sahad fishing off Bodgaya island.
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  • Inda Mula collecting sea cucumbers from her Lepa. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Dido. On Mantabuan island.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Bamboo stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Fishing from inside the bamboo stilt house of Robeldati, off Boheydulang island.
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  • Marita's home. Bamboo stilt houses off Maiga Island.
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  • A family cooking diner of coral fish, over a fire. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Cooking over fire. Evening around bamboo stilt houses off Bodgaya island.
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  • A fisherman's catch after a morning fishing. In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
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  • A young boy sleeps near a pot of abalone  that is being prepared for lunch.
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  • On Mantabuan island. Dido with melon.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Bamboo stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Anita cooking seaweed for lunch. On Maiga island.
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  • Coral fish for lunch. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Fishing from inside the bamboo stilt house of Robeldati, off Boheydulang island.
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  • Catching a stingray. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Bajau kids playing on swing attached to coconut tree on Mantabuan island.
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  • Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • A fisherman scares fish with a long pole, to bring them into a fish net. A group of fishermen fishing with a net off Selakan island.
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  • Inda Mula, an old Bajau woman living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Coral fish for lunch. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Tuna for lunch. Stilt houses off Boheydulang island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • A family cooking diner of coral fish, over a fire. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Her face dusted in bedak sejuk, a cooling powder made of rice and pandan leaves, Alpaida paddles out to visit friends in stilt houses. The teen and her family belong to the tribal group known as the Sea Bajau because they live year-round on their lepa-lepas, handmade houseboats.
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  • Man named Tobel fishing for coral fish, giant clams and scallops, off Boheydulang island.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Kids fishing coral fish on dug out canoes, near Bodgaya island.
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  • Fixing boat in heavy winds during a rainstorm. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.On Mantabuan island.
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  • A group of fishermen fishing with a net off Selakan island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
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  • Dido fishing for coral fish and shells off Mantabuan island.
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  • Cooking blue fish named Ogus. On Mantabuan island.
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  • Frederick Cannon, who competed in running internationally...Fred, a known spear fisherman, who believes in transmitting the knowledge of hunting in the sea to his kids...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President. v
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  • Mining Phosphate on Nauru. On the cantilever that loads Phosphate onto the ship, operated by Ronphos (= Republic of Nauru Phosphate)...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • The unloading of containers from Scarlett Lucy, the ship that brings goods to Nauru only 6 times a year..The presence of the reef has prevented the establishment of a seaport, so the loading and unloading of containers is done at sea. Containers are then brought to shore with the help of an old Nauruan tug boat...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Cabinet in a boat. Going fishing with Marcus Stephen (Nauru's President, white baseball cap), Kieren Keke (Minister of Finance, black hat),  Riddel Akua (Minister for Transport and Telecommunications, with goatie beard), Dominic Tabuna (Member of Parliament, green shirt) and Rod Henshaw (Director of Media to the Government of Nauru, white shirt)...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Phosphate flies in the air as the boat is loading with it. Mining Phosphate on Nauru. The cantilever that loads Phosphate onto the ship, operated by Ronphos (= Republic of Nauru Phosphate)...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • View over Nauru, the world's smallest republic...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Inuit hunting by boat. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • The unloading of containers from Scarlett Lucy, the ship that brings goods to Nauru only 6 times a year..The presence of the reef has prevented the establishment of a seaport, so the loading and unloading of containers is done at sea. Containers are then brought to shore with the help of an old Nauruan tug boat...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Young people hanging out. Nauru's unemployement rate is about 80%...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Young kids relax in the Nauruan seashore...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Moonlight. Los Angeles and the Venice Beach area...A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”.  Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.
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  • There is barely any garbage disposal system in Karachi. In areas like Block 5 (opposite Port Tower Complex development) people just dispose of their garbage straight into the nearest body of water. When the heavy monsoon rain comes, the garbages are usually carried away into the ocean.
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  • There is barely any garbage disposal system in Karachi. In areas like Block 5 (opposite Port Tower Complex development) people just dispose of their garbage straight into the nearest body of water. When the heavy monsoon rain comes, the garbages are usually carried away into the ocean.
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  • Boy lays on his back in the ocean.
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  • Kids playing in the ocean during a rainstorm. On Mantabuan island.
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  • There is barely any garbage disposal system in Karachi. In areas like Block 5 (opposite Port Tower Complex development) people just dispose of their garbage straight into the nearest body of water. When the heavy monsoon rain comes, the garbages are usually carried away into the ocean.
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  • A boy's head appears in a wave, ocean water splashing like a crown.
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  • Two brothers talk and spend a quiet time in a natural pool in the ocean.
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  • Kids playing in the ocean during a rainstorm. On Mantabuan island.
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  • There is barely any garbage disposal system in Karachi. In areas like Block 5 (opposite Port Tower Complex development) people just dispose of their garbage straight into the nearest body of water. When the heavy monsoon rain comes, the garbages are usually carried away into the ocean.
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  • Stark contrast. An illegal Ethiopian immigrant gathers salt to sell at the market. In the distance, the new terminal juts out far into the ocean. It can accomodate 1.7 million containers, as well as large ships that unload their cargo onto smaller ships. It is the most modern port on the eastern coast of Africa, and one of the most expensive in the world.    Worker collecting salt. Right across from the very modern New Port of Djibouti, Oromo people (of Ethiopia), some of them illigal immigrants, are collecting salt. They dig holes, the sea water sips through and evaporates.  They then collect the salt. All work is done by hand. They live in extreme conditions, in houses made of collected garbage...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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