A woman attaches tobacco leaves to rods with string to commence the drying process during the tobacco harvest at Dion Tou village, near Shaxi in Yunna

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A woman attaches tobacco leaves to rods with string to commence the drying process during the tobacco harvest at Dion Tou village, near Shaxi in Yunnan province, China Wednesday August 17, 2016. China accounts for nearly one third of the world's cigarette smokers. Photograph : © Luke MacGregor

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Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Shaxi, Yunnan, China
Photo credit: © Luke MacGregor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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