Young workers on an ox in a rice field South East Tarai, Nepal.

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Monsoon season in the South Eastern Tarai plains which stretch the length of the southern border between Nepal and India and are home to half the total population of Nepal most of the Tarai people are farmers and agricultural workers on Thursday 9th August 2007

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Location: Tarai, Nepal
Photo credit: © Mark Pearson / Alamy / Afripics
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