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Indonesian mahout Iman cleans up 50-year-old female Sumatran elephant Neneng in a river near the zoo during the World Elephant Day in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 12 August 2016. According media reports, the smallest of the Asian elephants, the Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatrensis) is facing serious pressures arising from illegal logging and associated habitat loss and fragmentation in Indonesia. The population has come under increasing threat from rapid forest conversion to plantations. The World Elephant Day is celebrated on 12 August. (Photo by Dedi Sinuhaji/EPA)
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