“Big Bird of Friendship”. We were enjoying an Afro-Cuban rumba band on a rooftop in the Jesus-Maria quarter of Havana when our host surprised us by releasing a large cage of homing pigeons. I grabbed my camera to shoot images of the birds flying in front of the sinking sun and this one came in for a landing right in front of me – a grand symbol of hope for our new Cuban friends. (Photo and caption by Judy Bonderman/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
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