With one man at left keeping score--a knot for every 20 poles--a dhow slowly fills with a homebound cargo of mangrove poles

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Size: 5121px × 3435px
Location: Indian ocean off African coast
Photo credit: © Marion Kaplan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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