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In Alaska's autumn, stellar sea lions are preparing for the winter.

Sights and sounds at an annual festival in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.

In the rituals performed by the Coptic Church, a Christian denomination with roots in Egypt, little has changed in eighteen hundred years.

In the Brazilian state of Bahia, St. Lazarus day is a celebration that blends European and African heritages.

Witness a genuine E Ticket ride - into space!

They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.

Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!

Amongst the Gabra people of northeastern Africa, the dry season provides an opportunity for a ritual gathering of work and song.

Dikhirs are spiritual chants intended to maintain harmony in world of the Gabra people.

For the men of the Gabra, nomadic life demands separation from their families but it also affords an opportunity for friendship and freedom from social pressures.

In the traditions of the nomadic Gabra people, order is kept through strict attention to ritual observances.

Songs sung by these nomadic herders reflect a joy shared in togetherness amidst a harsh environment that demands separation.

In the east African Desert, women of a nomadic tribe fill the evening air with song.

The highlight of the 2-day Kuarup festival is a much anticipated but surprisingly non-competitive wrestling match.

For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song.

The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.