5 continentes, 196 países y más de 7 billones de personas.
En el mundo se hablan más de 6 mil lenguas, y de acuerdo con la UNESCO más de 2 mil están en peligro de desaparecer.
Así es el mundo en el que vivimos, un planeta que a lo largo de los años se ha visto afectado, para bien o para mal, por la globalización.
La cultura está en constante cambio y parte de su evolución es la adaptación. Muchos países han dejado sus tradiciones y se han ido adaptando a otras, imponiéndose la cultura occidental como modelo a seguir por muchos países. Lo que habría que preguntarnos es hasta qué punto es aceptable permitir que nuestras raíces desaparezcan por completo.
Son las diferencias entre los individuos las que enriquecen el mundo en el que vivimos, son las que nos hacen sorprendernos cuando vamos a otra ciudad o a algún rincón “perdido” del planeta. La riqueza se encuentra en la diversidad y hay que celebrarla.
A continuación te presentamos más de 40 fotografías de personas de diversas partes del mundo, que han sido recopiladas en el sitio de Lara Sánchez.
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Dmitri Markine
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Dmitri Markine
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Dmitri Markine
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Dmitri Markine
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Konstantinos Vasilakis
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Gordon Wiltsie
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Alex Treadway
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Charles Meacham
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Cory Richards
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David Lazar
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David Lazar
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David Lazar
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David Lazar
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David Lazar
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Donovan Shortey
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Eranga Jayawardena
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Eric Lafforgue
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Eric Lafforgue
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Eric Lafforgue
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Eric Lafforgue
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Eric Lafforgue
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Eric Lafforgue
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Eric Lafforgue
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Maira Fridman
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Marie Brizard
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Matteo Vegetti
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Melvyn Goldstein
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Michael Nichols
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Muhammed Muheisen
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Navesh Chitrakar
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Borisov Dimitry
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Dave from The Longest Way Home – one epic journey, many great travel guides
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Noelle Théard
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Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Randy Olson
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Randy Olson
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Rodrigo Abd
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Steve Raymer
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Geoff Gillstrom
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Tim Dodd