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Photo of the Day
May 20, 2009

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Photo: Tuareg tribesman praying at twilight

Tuareg Tribesman, Libya

Photograph by Bobby Model

This Month in Photo of the Day: Images From National Geographic Books

A Tuareg tribesman prays at twilight in Libya.


From the National Geographic book Visions of Paradise, 2008

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