Inca ruin of Sacsayhuamán near Cusco, Peru
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Celebrating Indigenous culture. International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Today we are celebrating the heritage and culture of native populations worldwide. There are some 5,000 Indigenous cultures in 90 countries around the world, from Samoa and Greenland to New Zealand and Nepal. One of the major challenges they face is the loss of their languages: It's estimated that of the 4,000 Indigenous languages in the world, around 2,600 are in danger of becoming extinct.
At the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum for the ides of March
'El Problema del Caballo' by Claudia Fontes in Venice, Italy
Meditation domes at the Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh, India
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
A carving of artist W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp in the Pura Meduwe Karang temple in Bali, Indonesia
An old farm in the Shetland Islands, Scotland
Landmark Center clock tower and Winter Carnival Ice Palace, St. Paul, Minnesota
For Waitangi Day, the Pancake Rocks on New Zealand’s South Island
