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Japan, Kenya architects promote 'sewerage-free' homes

Japan, Kenya architects promote 'sewerage-free' homes

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and Kenyan architects Izumi Sakata (R) and Dick O'Lango talk on the roof of a dwelling unit under construction requiring no sewage disposal facilities on Oct. 7, 2014, in the Katani district of Nairobi. The two are promoting a "Rainbow Project" to build homes turning sewage into compost and using rainwater for drinking in areas without sufficient infrastructure. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kenyan woman cooks fried bread in slum

Kenyan woman cooks fried bread in slum

TOKYO, Japan - Mary Adhiambo (2nd from R) makes fried bread and coffee every evening for sale to residents in a slum section of the Katani district in Nairobi, as seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 30, 2014. Japanese and Kenyan architects are promoting a project to build homes turning sewage into compost and using rainwater for drinking in areas without sufficient infrastructure. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

Ebola outbreak in Liberia

DOLO TOWN, Liberia - Liberian soldiers go on patrol on Sept. 4, 2014, in Dolo Town near the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia, in West Africa. At the time, Dolo Town was quarantined by the government to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian Red Cross staff carry the body of a patient who died after being infected with the Ebola virus onto a truck on Sept. 4, 2014, in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A young man (R) in West Point, the largest slum in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, takes his clothes off on Sept. 5, 2014, saying there is no Ebola virus in the area. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A young couple (C) in West Point, the largest slum in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, embrace each other, saying, "We are not scared of the Ebola virus" on Sept. 5, 2014. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, shows a Muslim shop, which has been vandalized by Christians, in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows French soldiers on patrol in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows people living under an airplane in a camp for internally displaced people at the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows Christian militia members, including children, marching near the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, shows members of Anti-balaka, a Christian militia, which has set up a checkpoint near a refugee camp for internally displaced people in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 24, 2014, shows a 2-year-old girl, showing physical signs of malnutrition, at a refugee camp in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Photographer shooting in Africa for 3 decades

Photographer shooting in Africa for 3 decades

NAIROBI, Kenya - Photo taken Oct. 10, 2012 in South Africa shows Tomoaki Nakano, a Japanese freelance photographer based in Nairobi. Nakano has been shooting photos of Africa for more than three decades.

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Mandrills in African rainforest

Mandrills in African rainforest

NAIROBI, Kenya - Photo taken in May 2012 shows the alpha male of a group of mandrills in a rainforest in southeastern Gabon, near the border with the Republic of Congo. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated mandrills as "vulnerable" on its Red List of threatened species. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Mandrills in African rainforest

Mandrills in African rainforest

NAIROBI, Kenya - The alpha male of a group of mandrills stares at a young male mandrill approaching the group in a rainforest in southeastern Gabon, near the border with the Republic of Congo. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated mandrills as "vulnerable" on its Red List of threatened species. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Mandrills in African rainforest

Mandrills in African rainforest

NAIROBI, Kenya - Mandrills approach a camera seeking food in a rainforest in southeastern Gabon, near the border with the Republic of Congo. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated mandrills as "vulnerable" on its Red List of threatened species. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Mandrills in African rainforest

Mandrills in African rainforest

NAIROBI, Kenya - A group of mandrills are seen in a rainforest in southeastern Gabon, near the border with the Republic of Congo. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated mandrills as "vulnerable" on its Red List of threatened species. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Mandrills in African rainforest

Mandrills in African rainforest

NAIROBI, Kenya - A mandrill mother and child call back to their group in a rainforest in southeastern Gabon, near the border with the Republic of Congo. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated mandrills as "vulnerable" on its Red List of threatened species. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Mandrills in African rainforest

Mandrills in African rainforest

NAIROBI, Kenya - A local hunter with a gun walks near a rainforest where mandrills live in Gabon. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated mandrills as "vulnerable" on its Red List of threatened species. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to gain independence

Southern Sudan to gain independence

JUBA, Sudan - People holding the flag of the Southern Sudan authority celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011. A referendum commission announced later the same day that over 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan had voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich region will become Africa's 54th state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - People celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, after the referendum commission announced the outcome of the vote that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - An official (L) of the referendum commission announces the outcome of the vote in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - A man holds paper reading ''We are independent'' in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, after the referendum commission announced the outcome of the vote that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - People celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, as the outcome of a referendum was announced that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kagame reelected Rwandan president

Kagame reelected Rwandan president

KIGALI, Rwanda - This file photo taken July 30, 2010, shows Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who the country's election commission announced Aug. 11 has won reelection. The 52-year-old Kagame has won another 7-year term after securing 93 percent of the vote in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 1994 genocide. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

NAIROBI, Kenya - A woman casts her vote in a national referendum on a new constitution in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Aug. 4, 2010. (Photo taken by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan security force troops patrol streets in Kuresoi in the western Kenya province of Rift Valley on Aug. 3, 2010, ahead of a national referendum on a new constitution. (Photo taken by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan security force troops patrol around a refugee camp in Kuresoi in the western Kenya province of Rift Valley on Aug. 3, 2010, ahead of a national referendum on a new constitution. (Photo taken by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Life still a struggle in war-torn Somalia

Life still a struggle in war-torn Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Photo taken on May 7, 2010 shows soldiers of the interim government of Somalia riding on a truck equipped with a machine gun in Mogadishu. (Photo courtesy of Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

NAIROBI, Kenya - A woman casts her vote in a national referendum on a new constitution in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Aug. 4, 2010. (Photo taken by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan security force troops patrol around a refugee camp in Kuresoi in the western Kenya province of Rift Valley on Aug. 3, 2010, ahead of a national referendum on a new constitution. (Photo taken by Tomoaki Nakano)(Kyodo)

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Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

Kenya on high alert ahead of constitutional referendum

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan security force troops patrol streets in Kuresoi in the western Kenya province of Rift Valley on Aug. 3, 2010, ahead of a national referendum on a new constitution. (Photo taken by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Life still a struggle in war-torn Somalia

Life still a struggle in war-torn Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Photo taken on May 8, 2010, in Mogadishu shows Ismail Khalif Abdulle (R), whose right hand and left leg were amputated by members of Somalia's Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab. (Photo courtesy of Tomoaki Nakano)

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Kagame reelected Rwandan president

Kagame reelected Rwandan president

KIGALI, Rwanda - This file photo taken July 30, 2010, shows Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who the country's election commission announced Aug. 11 has won reelection. The 52-year-old Kagame has won another 7-year term after securing 93 percent of the vote in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 1994 genocide. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Kenyan woman cooks fried bread in slum

Kenyan woman cooks fried bread in slum

TOKYO, Japan - Mary Adhiambo (2nd from R) makes fried bread and coffee every evening for sale to residents in a slum section of the Katani district in Nairobi, as seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 30, 2014. Japanese and Kenyan architects are promoting a project to build homes turning sewage into compost and using rainwater for drinking in areas without sufficient infrastructure. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)(Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan to gain independence

Southern Sudan to gain independence

JUBA, Sudan - People holding the flag of the Southern Sudan authority celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011. A referendum commission announced later the same day that over 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan had voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich region will become Africa's 54th state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - A man holds paper reading ''We are independent'' in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, after the referendum commission announced the outcome of the vote that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - People celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, as the outcome of a referendum was announced that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - People celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, after the referendum commission announced the outcome of the vote that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - An official (L) of the referendum commission announces the outcome of the vote in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano) (Kyodo)

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