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Aita Prasad Gurung, 40, cuts a honeycomb as he hangs onto a ladder made by villagers using bamboo and tree trunks, while harvesting honey from the cliff near Taap in Lamjung, Nepal, May 29, 2024. Aita dangled off a cliff, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of honeycomb after Himalayan bees fled the fumes from a fire set to drive them from their homes. He wore a white hat with a net swathing his face to protect against stings as he hung 160 feet (50m) off the precipice on a handmade ladder, braided from bamboo strands, to reach the bee colonies. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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