In this photograph taken on December 10, 2007, asiatic lionesses play in the shade of a tree near the village of Sasan, on the edge of Gir National Park, some 480 kms south-west of Ahmedabad. Wildlife experts welcomed May 11, 2015 census figures showing India's population of endangered Asiatic lions has increased in the last five years in the western state of Gujarat. (Photo by AFP Photo/Raveendran)
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