Toy figurines of eagles and an indigenous person in Jackson Square Mall in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on January 5, 2014. Hamilton is part of an area called the "Rust Belt" surrounding the Great Lakes. Once a leader in steel production, the area has been hit with a hard economic decline, population loss and urban decay as a result of the declining industrial sector.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Hamilton, ON, Canada
Photo credit: © Brett Gundlock / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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