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Kam Thon harvests river weed, or khai, in the Mekong River along the Thai-Laos border. February 6, 2023. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran





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Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south central Tigray walking past scores of burned vehicles, in Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021





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