A man walks through 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: 5434px × 3623px
Location: Hamilton, ON, Canada
Photo credit: © Brett Gundlock / Alamy / Afripics
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