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Rice Harvest, Indonesia

Rice Harvest, Indonesia
More than half of all Indonesians hold jobs associated with agriculture. Rice, the principal food in the country, once was imported but now is raised in sufficient quantities to meet domestic needs. Here, villagers on the island of Bali thresh rice grain by hand during harvest season.
Noboru Komine/Photo Researchers, Inc.
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