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1201. Cockfighting is a tradition in Thailand—some events are even televised. Recent efforts to reduce brutality in the sport include the banning of razor sharp metal spurs that would normally be attached to the rooster’s natural spur.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Many Faces of Thailand,“ February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　

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1202. "Ghent‘s River Leie is edged with handsome buildings from the 16th and 17th centuries."
　　—From "The Gift of Ghent," July/August 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
　　

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　1203. "Graceful arms and a tiny face peering from a nest signal quiet time for mother Maya and daughter Malia, a well-known pair [of chimps] at Goualougo. Because they seldom travel far, females and their babies are easiest to watch."
　　—From "Jane Goodall in the Wild," April 2003, National Geographic magazine
　　

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1204. A hiking couple witnesses the convergence of private lake and public mountain. Adirondack State Park is a patchwork of property—57 percent privately owned, the rest controlled by the state.
　　
　　—Text adapted from "Adirondack High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine
　　

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1205. "Like candles guttering in the wind, three of the world‘s eight subspecies of tigers have been snuffed out. The Caspian, Bali, and Javan tigers are gone; the five surviving subspecies桞engal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran, and Siberian (Amur) [pictured here]梐re all endangered."
　　(Text from "Making Room for Wild Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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1206. Gleaming high-rises tower above the beaches at the resort town of Pattaya.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1207. "Head flung back as if to howl, the monkey merely yawns. His concealed fangs and red chest say he‘s on top—at least until a male with bigger teeth or a badder attitude overthrows his regime. But looks deceive. ‘Male geladas are just peacocks,‘ says [biologist Chadden] Hunter. ‘There‘s no question who really runs the show.‘"
　　—From "Kings of the Hill?," November 2002, National Geographic magazine
　　

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1208. The mail delivery tugboat J.W. Westcott II delivers mail to a community of about 5,000 sailors shuttling back and forth across the Great Lakes to numerous industrial ports like the one pictured here.
　　—Text adapted from "ZipUSA: Detroit, Michigan," May 2003, National Geographic magazine
　　

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　1209. Locals Ellen Mary Smith (left) and Jessica Wong wade through shallow waters on Bondi Beach after a surfing lesson with Let‘s Go Surfing Bondi.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Insider‘s Sydney," July/August 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
　　

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　1210. For once the women rides, the man walks: In Asia one often sees the lord of the household mounted and his helpmate not only on foot but carrying a burden—an old custom which proves little but suggests much. At this break in the mid-city covered bazaar of Herat, the reversal of the usual attracts less attention than does a camera.?
　　
　　—From Afghanistan Makes Haste Slowly,?December 1933, National Geograhic magazine

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