The raw scars on a Hamar woman's back after being whipped at a 'Jumping of the Bull' ceremony. Photographed in the Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

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Location: Tanzania
Photo credit: © Gilad Flesch / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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