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Salvageable Waste

People - one can be seen in the picture -scavenge for potentially salvageable waste.


Salvageable Waste

The river behind the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), as is characteristic of many of the rivers in Addis Abeba, is polluted. If one gets close enough, it also emits a terrible smell. But there are also people - one can be seen in the picture - that scavenge for potentially salvageable waste.

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