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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 :A woman walks towards two dried out palm trees in front of a boutique or small shop selling foods, Sri Lankan street food and soft drinks in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. boutique or small shop selling foods, Sri Lankan street food and soft drinks in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. boutique or small shop selling foods, Sri Lankan street food and soft drinks in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • January 2011, Pettah, Colombo Sri Lanka : A Sri Lanka Family in Pettah on the steps of their house in the city suburb of Pettah in Colombo Sri Lanka. The Pettah neighborhood is famous for the Pettah Market, a series of open air bazaars and markets. It is Sri Lanka's busiest commercial area, where most of the shops, textiles, buildings and many other business organisations are centered.
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  • January 2011, Pettah, Colombo Sri Lanka : A Sri Lankan man pulls bags of rice with his large trolley in the city suburb of Pettah in Colombo Sri Lanka. The Pettah neighborhood is famous for the Pettah Market, a series of open air bazaars and markets. It is Sri Lanka's busiest commercial area, where most of the shops, textiles, buildings and many other business organisations are centered.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A armed Sri Lanka soldier on patrol standing in front o a rundown building in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A group of young Sri Lankan men at a basketball practice at a school in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • January 2011, Pettah, Colombo Sri Lanka : A street Scene in city suburb of Pettah in the Colombo Sri Lanka. The Pettah neighborhood is famous for the Pettah Market, a series of open air bazaars and markets. It is Sri Lanka's busiest commercial area, where most of the shops, textiles, buildings and many other business organisations are centered.
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  • January 2011, Pettah, Colombo Sri Lanka : A man wearing a floppy hat rests against a yellow gate at the front of a shop front in the city suburb of Pettah in Colombo Sri Lanka. The Pettah neighborhood is famous for the Pettah Market, a series of open air bazaars and markets. It is Sri Lanka's busiest commercial area, where most of the shops, textiles, buildings and many other business organisations are centered.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A sri Lankan Army soldier running through the crumbling Jaffna Railway station in ruins in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The Railway station was bombed during the Sri Lankan Civil War
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A sri Lankan Army soldier running through the crumbling Jaffna Railway station in ruins in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The Railway station was bombed during the Sri Lankan Civil War
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A pickup game of cricket being played on a large sports oval in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A large collection Sri Lankan biscuits and cookies at a roadside stall in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Three labourers shovel rocks to make and relay new roads in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A pickup game of cricket being played on a large sports oval in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A Old Sri Lankan building materials shop with peeling paint and faded handpainted signage in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A group of Sri Lankan tamil men look into the bonnet engine compartment of a broken down Morris Minor in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A group of Sri Lankan tamil men look into the bonnet engine compartment of a broken down Morris Minor in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A group of Sri Lankan tamil men welding a gate for a house about to be refurbished after the war in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Two Sri Lankan Tamil men Tuk Tuk Drivers stand in front of a trishaw at a tuk tuk stand in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A metal worker in a small workshop welding metal as a large spark erupts in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A metal worker in a small workshop welding metal as a large spark erupts in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A man sits on the steps of a drinks stand next to three  in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A Sri Lankan tamil man wearing a blue sarrong with a dog stands on a street corner in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A group of men plaing instruments such as symbols and drums in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A group of builders take a break while repairing and retiling a roof of a house in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A woman in a green saree rides her bicycle past a freen coloured wall as a women in a Yellow saree walks past on Hospital Road in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Two brown cows nudge eachothers heads playfully on Hospital Road in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A man sits on the ledge of a window of a  bombed out and destroyed house in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Two brown cows nudge eachothers heads playfully on Hospital Road in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Dogs sit on the steps of the grand entrance of a former colonial dutch mansion destroyed by the war in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Two Metal workers and millers working at their roadside factory in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A group of goats sit and relax on the steps of a run down house in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A man smiling sits in the seat of his modified tractor lorry used to transport good such as bags of rice in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A mechanic stands out the front of a roadside tuk tuk or three wheeler repair shop with a broken down tuk tuks waiting to be repaired in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A man collects water out of a water well as a man in a purple sarong looks on  in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A man wearing a wide brim hat sits in a plastic chair outside his open air shop selling plastic chairs and plastic buckets as he sits in front of a wooden fence  in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Commuters wait outside a bus stop in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : Two farmers stock up there warehouse with vegetables which would be then be used by the Army personel in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A man sits on the ledge of a window of a  bombed out and destroyed house in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A general street scene view of an open air market selling clothing in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A general street scene view of an open air market selling clothing in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A blue Peugeot 404 car drives along hospital road in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A woman in a green saree rides her bicycle past a freen coloured wall as a women in a Yellow saree walks past on Hospital Road in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • A Sri Lanka army soldier armed with a rifle on patrol on a street corner surrounded by posts of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the northern province capital, Jaffna in  Sri Lanka
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka January 1, 2011 : A Sri Lankan Muslim family with two boys wearing and their father wearing a Taqiyah and their mother wearing a black burka at the Galle Face Green in the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo. The Galle Face green is a public space 5 hectare ocean-side urban park, stretching 500 m along the coast on the west of the Island nations capital.
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  • A group of young men riding their bicycles outside of a cinema on a rainy day in Jaffna Sri Lanka
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  • Young Sri Lanka navy members contruct a shelter at the Kurikattuwan Jetty in Sri Lanka
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  • Young Sri Lanka navy members contruct a shelter at the Kurikattuwan Jetty in Sri Lanka
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A Sri Lankan army soldier dressed in camouflage uniform holding a gun on patrol in the Jaffna Fort in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Young Sri Lanka navy members contruct a shelter at the Kurikattuwan Jetty in Sri Lanka
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka January 1, 2011 : A large group of Sri Lankans enjoying a day out on New years day stand and lookout towards the sea from the road level standing above the food court stand  at the Galle Face Green in the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo. The Galle Face green is a public space 5 hectare ocean-side urban park, stretching 500 m along the coast on the west of the Island nations capital.
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka January 1, 2011 : A large group of Sri Lankans enjoying a day out on New years day stand and lookout towards the sea from the road level standing above the food court stand  at the Galle Face Green in the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo. The Galle Face green is a public space 5 hectare ocean-side urban park, stretching 500 m along the coast on the west of the Island nations capital.
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  • Sri Lankan Army troops on patrol near a checkpoint armed with machine guns near Kurikattuwan in northern Sri Lanka
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  • Sri Lankan Army troops on patrol near a checkpoint armed with machine guns near Kurikattuwan in northern Sri Lanka
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  • A member of the Sri Lanka Navy armed with a gun on patrol near Kurikattuwan.
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  • Sri Lankan Army troops on patrol near a checkpoint armed with machine guns near Kurikattuwan in northern Sri Lanka
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  • A member of the Sri Lanka Navy armed with a gun on patrol near Kurikattuwan.
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  • A member of the Sri Lanka Navy armed with a gun on patrol near Kurikattuwan.
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  • A barber shave the beard of a customer inside a barber shop mens hairdresser salon in Slave Island .Slave Island is home to numerous small houses occupied by Colombo's working class, as gentrification & development encroaches land in the now highly valuable slave island is slowly pushing out locals from the area. Slave Island is a working class suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka located directly south of the Fort area of ColomboSlave Island is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka located directly south of the Fort area of Colombo
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  • Sri Lankan Army troops on patrol near a checkpoint armed with machine guns near Kurikattuwan in northern Sri Lanka
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  • Sri Lankan Army troops on patrol near a checkpoint armed with machine guns near Kurikattuwan in northern Sri Lanka
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  • A old Sri Lankan man wearing a sarong sits outside his house in the market district in the suburb of Pettah in Colombo Sri Lanka.
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  • Two sri lankan army soldiers carrying gun on their backs walk on patrol down the main road in the northern province capital, Jaffna in  Sri Lanka
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  • A Sri Lankan Muslim man wearing white and Taqiyah (a muslim skullcap) pushes his blue bicycle past a row of shops on Galle Road on the south coast of Sri Lanka
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  • Sri Lankan train commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A very busy and packed Sri Lankan train where commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • Sri Lankan train commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A very busy and packed Sri Lankan train where commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • Sri Lankan train commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A group of Sri Lankan men playing a pick up game of cricket on a oval in Negombo Sri Lanka as a large group of onlookers look on from the stands
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  • Sri Lankan train commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A very busy and packed Sri Lankan train where commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A very busy and packed Sri Lankan train where commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A very busy and packed Sri Lankan train where commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A very busy and packed Sri Lankan train where commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A very busy and packed Sri Lankan train where commuters look out of the window as some stand and sit while hanging out of the door along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A man walks out of a small house in Slave Island. Slave Island is home to numerous small houses occupied by Colombo's working class, as gentrification & development encroaches land in the now highly valuable slave island is slowly pushing out locals from the area. Slave Island is a working class suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka located directly south of the Fort area of ColomboSlave Island is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka located directly south of the Fort area of Colombo
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : The badge on the rear green hatch of a old English car the Morris Minor in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • Sri Lankans board a Sri Lankan train in the highlands of Maha Oya in Sri Lanka
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  • Jaffna, Sri Lanka January 2011 : A collection of female mannequins set up out the front of a womens clothing shop with a hand painted sign in Tamil language in Jaffna the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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  • A Sri Lankan family sits down and eat from a food stall on the Galle Face Green is a large urban park stretching half a kilometre along the coast of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, Sri Lanka
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  • A man sells local sri lankan foods such as vadai or vada, chick peas and roti from his food cart on Galle Face Green is a large urban park stretching half a kilometre along the coast of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, Sri Lanka
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  • A Sri Lankan family sits down and eat from a food stall on the Galle Face Green is a large urban park stretching half a kilometre along the coast of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, Sri Lanka
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  • Two Sri Lankan women wearing colourful Shalwar kameez and shawl walk along the black shore at Arugam Bay known locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A group of local Sri Lankan women look out to the sea while standing on the shore of Arugam Bay. Arugam Bay known locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A Sri Lankan Muslim man wearing white and Taqiyah (a muslim skullcap) rides his blue bicycle past a Traditional Sri Lankan house on Galle Road on the south coast of Sri Lanka
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  • A group of Sri Lankan Buddhist monks are seperated from Sri Lankan policemen by a Yellow Barricade in Colombo Sri Lanka
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  • A muslim Sri lankan family at the beach stand on the shore at Arugam Bay known locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A Sri Lankan surfer catches and rides a wave at Arugam Bay known locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka. Arugam Bay is known as very popular spot for surfers due to its long  breaking right hand point break
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  • Painters and labourers work on an old building being repainted and refurbished along Marine Drive Colombo, Sri Lanka as a tuk tuk or three wheeler drives past. Marine drive once a seedy road which runs along the seaside coast of colombo is now re-developing itself with brand new hotels and ocean view residential apartments. Marine Drive stretches from the colombo neighbourhoods of Wellawatte to Kollupitiya.
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  • A man selling Sri Lankan native plants used for Sri Lankan food in the market district suburb Pettah in Colombo the capital of Sri Lanka
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  • A group of School teachers leave at the end of the day and ride their bicycles home in the northern province capital, Jaffna in  Sri Lanka
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  • A Sri lankan fisherman fishing waist deep in water in a lagoon at Arugam Bay known locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A Sri Lankan soldier with a whistle in his mouth on patrol outside a food kiosk in the northern province capital, Jaffna in  Sri Lanka
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  • A group of Sri Lankan policemen look on in front of a barricade in Colpitty Junction Colombo Sri Lanka
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  • A group of Sri Lankan policemen look on in front of a barricade in Colpitty Junction Colombo Sri Lanka
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  • A group of young sri lankan buddhist monks sit on the road at the Kolpitty Junction in Colombo Sri Lanka
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  • A group of local sri lankan men hang out on top of a large fishing boat docked on the beach of Arugam Bay late in the afternoon. Arugam bayknown locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A group of local sri lankan men hang out on top of a large fishing boat docked on the beach of Arugam Bay late in the afternoon. Arugam bayknown locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A group of local Sri Lankan men & women look out to the sea while standing on the shore of Arugam Bay. Arugam Bay known locally as "Arugam Kudah"  in the dry zone on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka.
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  • A smiling Sri Lankan fisherman smiles while holding a large fish at his fish market stall in hikkaduwa on the southern coast of Sri Lanka
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