Manny Tangco (L), owner of Manila's Malabon Zoo, poses while sitting on an electric vehicle with the resident zoo orangutan (R), Bengal tigers and an albino python to promote the three-wheeled vehicles called “e-trikes” on July 12 ,2014. The Philippine government, backed by the Asian Development Bank, is promoting the vehicle for Manila's secondary roads to replace petrol-burning tricycles that contribute to air pollution. The programme aims to field 100,000 electric tricycles, powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries, on Philippine streets by 2016. (Photo by Jay Directo/AFP Photo)
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