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  • Ironworker Jeff Devine (at top) at work at a construction site on 300 East Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois. (Jeff Devine is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A building under constructiion at 300 East Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois, where ironworker Jeff Devine works. (Jeff Devine is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Ironworkers at work on the building at 300 East Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois, where ironworker Jeff Devine works. (Jeff Devine is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • The Old City of Jerusalem and Jewish Cemetery seen from the Mount of Olives, Israel. The church at the center is the Russian church of Mary Magdalene.
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  • Students protest constitutional reforms proposed by President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007. The reforms would enhance Chavez's power enabling him to run for another term.
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  • Ironworker Jeff Devine tightens bolts on an I beam at his fiftieth floor worksite in Chicago, Illinois, on highrise at 300 East Randolph St. (Jeff Devine is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The highrise at 300 East Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois, where ironworker Jeff Devine works. (Jeff Devine is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • The highrise at 300 East Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois, where ironworker Jeff Devine works. (Jeff Devine is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Ironworkers at work on the building at 300 East Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois, where ironworker Jeff Devine works. (Jeff Devine is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • The Canadian Parliament building and Alexendra Bridge over the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Canada. This is near the home of Coco Simone Fincken, the veggie-teen featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.
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  • During an afternoon downpour, sellers help shoppers select crabs, shrimp, squid, and mackerel at a market in Daxi harbor, Taiwan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • An aerial view of the town of Shibam, in the Hadhramawt Valley, Yemen. Shibam is a World Heritage Site. The old walled city with it's talk mud brick buildings has been called 'the Manhattan of the desert".
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  • An aerial view of the town of Shibam, in the Hadhramawt Valley, Yemen. Shibam is a World Heritage Site. The old walled city with it's talk mud brick buildings has been called 'the Manhattan of the desert".
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  • An aerial view of the city of Tarim, Hadhramawt, Yemen.
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  • At dusk, the skyline of Sanaa, Yemen's capital, is a rough blend of the old and the new, with satellite dishes perched on the roofs of ancient buildings.
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  • The view from the roof of an 8 story hotel in old Sanaa, Yemen's capital, is a rough blend of the old and the new, with satellite dishes perched on the roofs of ancient buildings.
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  • The view from the roof of an 8 story hotel in old Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
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  • Traffic on a busy street in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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  • The Potala Palace (right) towers over a section of the city of Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • A vendor prepares a dish at an open air food stall in Taipei, Taiwan.
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  • A vendor prepares a meal for a customer at an open air food stall in Taipei, Taiwan.
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  • Different varieties of fish displayed at the Daxi Port in Taiwan.
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  • Fishmongers sort fish and other varieties of sea-food at the Daxi Port in Taiwan.
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  • A woman sorts fish on the dock at the port of Suao, Taiwan.
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  • A section of the skyline of Taipei, Taiwan  from the roof of the Taipei Fullerton Hotel. The tall building is Taipei 101, one of the world's tallest buildings.
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  • Motorcycle traffic yields to pedestrians on a busy street in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
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  • Some of Taiwan's finest seafood delicacies are displayed at a neighborhood street market in Taipei, Taiwan.
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  • A busy street in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya district serves as the administrative and commercial center of Tokyo.
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  • Teenage girls in school uniforms use a cell phone on a busy street characteristic of the fast paced life of Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Shashi Kanth, a call center worker, rides his motor scooter near his home on a weekend in Bangalore, India. (Shashi Kanth is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Like many of the thousands of call center workers in India, he relies on fast-food meals, candy bars, and coffee to sustain him through the long nights spent talking to Westerners about various technical questions and billing problems. He took a temporary detour into the call center world to pay medical and school bills but finds himself still there after two years, not knowing when or if he will return to his professional studies.
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  • Vendors prepare to sell breakfast at a street corner in Shanghai, China.
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  • An outside view of the Ananta Clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  While nearly half of Bangladesh's population is employed in agriculture, in recent years the economic engine of Bangladesh has been its garment industry, and the country is now the world's fourth largest clothing exporter, ahead of India and the United States. Dependent on exports and fearing international sanctions, Bangladesh's garment industry has implemented rules outlawing child labor and setting standards for humane working conditions.
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  • Young men play cricket and soccer on the roof of a building next to the Ananta Clothing Factory on Elephant Road in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • The City of the Dead cemetery in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • A busy street near Ramses Square in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Travelers at the Cairo Train Station on Ramses Square in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Peter Menzel, photojournalist and co-author of the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets,  stands on a vantage point while photographing the city of Shibam, Hadhramawt, Yemen. Shibam is a World Heritage Site. The old walled city with it's talk mud brick buildings has been called 'the Manhattan of the desert".
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  • A young employee ladles breakfast pho into a bowl for a customer at a street pho noodle shop in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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  • Munna Kailash a rickshaw driver in Varanas, India, ferries his wife, niece, and son on a shopping trip. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in the month of April was 2400 kcals. He is 45 years old; 5 feet, 6 inches tall; and 106 pounds. India has about 10 million cycle rickshaws, including passenger and cargo pedal carts. Although Munna owns his rickshaw, most rickshaw pullers rent from fleet owners for about $0.60 (USD) per day. A typical puller in a big city earns about $4 to $5 (USD) per day. Although slower than two-cycle smoke-spewing auto-rickshaws, bicycle rickshaws don't pollute the air, and the only heat they add to the atmosphere is from the bodies of their drivers..
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  • A view of the city of Tarim, and the Al Mihdar Mosque with its 54 meter minaret,one of the tallest in the world, in the  Hadhramawt Valley, Yemen.
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  • Lights illuminate the narrow streets of the souk in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen at dusk.
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  • Vietnamese veteran Nguyen Van Thuan makes a delivery on his motorized cart in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Nguyen Van Thuan is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • People walk on a busy street in Lhasa, Tibet.
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  • Vendors prepare food for sale at the LongShan night market in Teipei, Taiwan.
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  • Fishmongers sort fish and other varieties of sea-food at the Daxi Port in Taiwan.
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  • Vendors buy fish from fishermen in Daxi harbor, Taiwan.
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  • A vendor sells food at a market stall in the Old City, Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • Rabbits are displayed for sale in tentmakers street and market area, Cairo, Egypt.
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  • A cook prepares a take-out meal of fish and seaweed for a customer as ducks hang over the counter at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan.
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  • A woman and children shop for bread at a local bakery in Cairo.
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  • The CN Tower dominates the Toronto skyline in Ontario, Canada. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The 1,815-foot tower is illuminated by a recent multimillion-dollar lighting upgrade, and its nightly hues mirror the Canadian flag's colors of red and white. On Lake Ontario.
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  • Young men play cricket and soccer on the roof of a building next to the Ananta Clothing Factory on Elephant Road in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (From the book What I Eat Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Hundreds of beach-goers bask in the sun at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
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  • After a hard day of work as a bike messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service in Tokyo, Japan, Jun Yajima (left) takes a train ride home. Physically exhausted after a long day's work, he is able to catch a nap standing up on the hour long commute. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The Cologne Cathedral, a World Heritage Site, is illuminated against the predawn city skyline in Cologne, Germany. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Women wearing burqas walk on a street in the newer section of Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Most Yemeni women cover themselves for modesty, in accordance with tradition.
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  • Vendors prepare food for sale at the LongShan night market in Teipei, Taiwan.
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  • Different varieties of fish displayed at the Daxi Port in Taiwan.
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  • The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in the city of Isfahan, Iran is extravagantly tiled and decorated.  The private mosque is in Imam Square or Naghsh-i Jahan Square.
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  • Lin Hui-wen, a street food vendor, with her typical day's worth of food at night market in Taipei, Taiwan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Construction welder Huang Neng, with his typical day's worth of food in Pudong's Lujiazui Central Green Park in Shanghai, China. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food on a typical day in June was 4300 kcals. He is 36 years of  age; 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 136 pounds. The migrant welder has worked on a dozen trophy skyscrapers on the Huangpu River in Pudong New Area, across the river from old Shanghai. His current project is the Zhongrong Jasper Tower, at far right, which will top out at 48 floors?a short-statured building compared to its neighbors. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • An aerial view of part of the central business district of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela and its surrounding barrios that reach up into the surrounding hills.
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  • The Nativity of Christ Cathedral in the city of Riga, Latvia with the Daugava River in background.
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  • Rice farmer Nguyen Van Theo's wife Vie Thi Phat, 53, sells vegetables at a wholesale market in Hanoi, Vietnam. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Latvia's capital city Riga, with Riga's Old Town and the Daugava River in the distance. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)   Riga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has the oldest continuously running market in Europe, and is known throughout Europe for its choral traditions. It proudly hosts the nationwide Latvian Song and Dance Festival every five years. In 2008 more than 38,000 singers, dancers, and musicians participated in the weeklong event.
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  • A series of domes, called gonbads, on the roof of the Amir Chakhmaq Mosque complex in the city of Yazd, Iran.
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  • Vendors make brisk business at their market stalls as shoppers pick supplies for the next day at a souk in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
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  • Tangled electricity cables hang over a busy street in Hanoi. Vietnam's transport and communication infrastructure is weak but the economy is expanding rapidly.
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  • Various types of fish are displayed for sale at the LongShan night market in Teipei, Taiwan.
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  • People walk on a busy street in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Din Memon, a Chicago taxi driver, with his typical day's worth of food arranged on the hood of his leased cab on Devon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food in the month of September was 2,000 kcals. He is 59 years of age; 5 feet, 7 inches tall; and 240 pounds. Din came to the United States as a young man in search of freedom and opportunity and remains pleased with what he found. He has lived in Chicago for 25 years and has been driving a cab for the past two decades, five to six days a week, 10 hours a day. He knows where all of the best Indian and Pakistani restaurants are throughout Chicago, but prefers his wife's home cooking above all. His favorites? ?Kebabs, chicken tika, or biryani?spicy food,? he says. Tika is dry-roasted marinated meat, and biryani is a rice dish with meat, fish, or vegetables that is highly seasoned with saffron or turmeric. MODEL RELEASED. .
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  • Overlooking his fiftieth floor worksite, ironworker Jeff Devine perches on the roof of a high-rise with his typical day's worth of food in Chicago.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food on a day in the month of September was 6,600 kcals. He is 39 years of age; 6 feet, 1 inch tall; and 235 pounds. He carries a cooler of ready-to-eat food from home rather than eat at fastfood restaurants and vending trucks. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, who works as a messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service, relaxes at his home in his tiny apartment with a beer and takeout food outside Tokyo, Japan after a long day at work. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The view from the roof of a 8 story hotel in old Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen. Sanaa is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
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  • Felipe Adams, a 30-year-old Iraq war veteran who was paralyzed by a sniper's bullet in Baghdad, goes for lunch at his favorite neighborhood café, Petite Sara, across busy West Pico Boulevard in Inglewood, California. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food on a day in the month of September was 2100 kcals. He is 30; 5'10" and 135 pounds. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A section of the Katutura suburb in Windhoek, Namibia, near the rented house of Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds.
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  • Dusk scene of Moscow with the Moscow River. On the left is a huge statue of Peter the Great on a sailing ship, and on the right is the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
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  • Street scene with electric trolley in Warsaw, Poland.
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  • The Champs-Elysee as seen from the top of the Arc D'Triumph. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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