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The Tiny Fishing Community On Migingo Island

Migingo is a tiny 2,000-square-metre (0.49-acre; 0.20-hectare) island, about half the size of a football pitch, in Lake Victoria. Migingo is a tiny rock island, less than half-an-acre or about half the size of a football field, located in Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and the largest tropical lake in the world. Although tiny in size, the island is home to 131 people (according to 2009 census) living in crammed huts made of corrugated sheets and wood. Despite shabby living conditions, Migingo Island boasts of five bars, a beauty salon, a pharmacy as well as several hotels and numerous brothels.
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19 Feb 2014 16:18:00
Siamese fighting fish. (Visarute Angkatavanich)

Siamese fighting fish. (Photo by Visarute Angkatavanich)
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25 Feb 2014 12:44:00
Dead fish are pictured on the banks of the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro February 24, 2015.  International Olympic Committee members meeting in Rio de Janeiro this week will understand if its waters are not completely clean for the sailing events in 2016, the state's governor said on Monday. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)

Dead fish are pictured on the banks of the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro February 24, 2015. International Olympic Committee members meeting in Rio de Janeiro this week will understand if its waters are not completely clean for the sailing events in 2016, the state's governor said on Monday. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
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01 Mar 2015 00:23:00


Edward, Prince of Wales (1840–1910), later King Edward VII, stands over the carcass of a wild Chillingham bull, shot by himself during a visit to Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, circa 1879. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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05 Apr 2011 09:25:00


Men slicing blubber off a large, dead whale. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1912
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08 Jun 2011 09:12:00
A reveller plays with tomato pulp during the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain on August 29, 2018. (Photo by Heino Kalis/Reuters)

A reveller plays with tomato pulp during the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain on August 29, 2018. As every year on the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people visit the small village of Bunol to attend the Tomatina, a battle in which tons of ripe tomatoes are used as weapons. This year, a total of 145 tons of ripe tomatoes will be thrown between more than 22,000 participants. (Photo by Heino Kalis/Reuters)
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05 Sep 2018 09:00:00
Fighters Feather “The Hammer” Hadden (L) and Allie “Babydoll” Parks compete during “Lingerie Fighting Championships 21: Naughty 'n Nice” at the Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino on June 18, 2016 in Nice, California. Hadden won the bout. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for LFC)

Fighters Feather “The Hammer” Hadden (L) and Allie “Babydoll” Parks compete during “Lingerie Fighting Championships 21: Naughty 'n Nice” at the Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino on June 18, 2016 in Nice, California. Hadden won the bout. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for LFC)
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14 Sep 2016 10:56:00
A referee tries to separate two cocks fighting during a Cock fighting tournament on December 3, 2016 on the outskirts of Antananarivo. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP Photo)

A referee tries to separate two cocks fighting during a Cock fighting tournament on December 3, 2016 on the outskirts of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Cockfighting is held during the week end and is a tradition with asian roots still practiced in Madagascar. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP Photo)
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10 Dec 2016 08:28:00