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Women shop for grass at an outdoor market on the eve of the Coptic millennium celebration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 11, 2007. According to Ethiopian tradition, grass is laid on the ground so dirt does not fly around; Ethiopia's Coptic calendar means Ethiopia celebrates the millennium seven year later than the rest of the world on September 11.
© Amanda Rivkin / Associated Press