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Abu Jabar had been in the Touloum refugee camp near Iriba, Chad, for four years when this photo was taken in 2007. He is one of the 23,000 who had fled Darfur. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Hernan Arratia is a cowboy who lives in a remote and beautiful area in Patagonia, Chile. He’s standing in the main room of his home. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Imran Zaki (holding his 2-month-old daughter, Zahra) sits with his older daughter, Sanya, and his wife, Zeena. They’re enjoying the sunset on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, a favorite evening spot for families, couples, and teens. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
A boy jumps off a pylon at Palm Island, Australia, home to about 3,000 people, mostly of Aboriginal descent. Andy Nelson/The Christian Science Monitor
Alla Shchitov plays with one of her family’s Yorkshire terriers in Moscow as her son, Kirill, looks on. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Quarter-midget racer Austin Geer, age 6, is strapped into his safety harness by his dad, Charles, before a practice run around the quarter-mile track in Braselton, Ga. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Rushdin (l.), a Cape Malay, and his family live in this bright-green home along a popular tourist route in Cape Town, South Africa. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Zhuoga brought her 3-week-old baby for a free medical checkup in Jherekhe, on China’s Tibetan Plateau. Curiously, the clinic is funded by a US-based nongovernmental organization. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
A woman riding a motorcycle in Athens, Greece, checks her makeup in the rear view mirror. Traffic is so congested that vehicles can be used only on designated days, odd or even, depending on the last digit of their license plates. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Graduate researchers Geraldine Paulus and Brian Timko gather research on carbon nanotubes in the Strano Research Group Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Ann Hermes/Staff
A family walks along an abandoned railroad track in the Manshiet Nasser slums on the eastern outskirts of Cairo. Residents here live without such basic services as running water and sewers.
Lady firefighter Zahra Haji, wearing an Islamic headscarf under her helmet, was on duty at Fire Station No. 9 in the city of Karaj, west of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Scott Peterson/The Christian Science Monitor
A woman named Zobeida, from the native Kuna Yala tribe, sells handmade items beside a sea wall walk in Casco Antiguo, the historic district of Panama City, Panama. Mary Knox Merrill/The Christian Science Monitor
These villagers live along the edge of Virunga National Park in Bukima, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mary Knox Merrill/The Christian Science Monitor
Six-year-old girls hang from their hands as part of their warmup routine at the Shi Cha Hai Sports School in Beijing, China. The school was founded in 1958 and is the oldest school of its kind in Beijing. The school is known for producing Olympic athletes. Andy Nelson/The Christian Science Monitor
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
A new OAS report looks at alternatives to prohibiting the drug trade, including legal market regulation, reform of the UN drug convention, and smarter policing.
In the global fight against drug trafficking, it’s high time countries experiment with “nontraditional” approaches.
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