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Carrying water | Harar, Ethiopia

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January 8, 2008

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OM-2n | Delta 100
These giant yellow plastic oil containers became quite familiar to me throughout the trip, although they were rarely seen in Addis or other more modern cities. Families saved the jugs to refill with water. In Axum, people pulled carts full of these yellow jugs to the main reservoir. In Harar's narrow streets, I usually only saw people (often children) lugging individual jugs home.

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