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Dogs sleep by a fire in the Surui (Paiter) tribal village of Lapetanha, in the Brazilian Amazon. The Surui had had no contact with the world outside their Amazonian homelands until, in 1969, a road was built through their territory. At the time there were around 5000 Surui but within three years disease had wiped out all but 290 Surui...
Ivan Kashinsky/Panos Pictures /Felix Features 7 Apr 2011