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Plague Check

Photo: Myanmar official checks man for plague

A Myanmar (Burma) official checks National Geographic author Peter McMillan for signs of plague. McMillan had just arrived from India, where the disease had broken out in several towns. After a cursory examination, he was released.

Photograph by James Stanfield

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