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The Banisteriopsis caapi vine is the main ingredient of the Ayahuasca brew. Ayahuasca means liana of the soul or spirit liana in the Quechua language. At the Takiwasi center in Peru, Doctor Jacques Mabit uses the Ayahuasca brew to heal people. © Hervé Merliac/Kaleidos images

Ashura (100)

Nabatieh, Lebanon. Nabatieh is the capital of the Nabatieh Governorate in the south of Lebanon. Every year, on the tenth of the month of Muharram, the Shi'a Muslims commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad at the battle of Karbala (Iraq) in 680 CE. © Laurent Abad/Kaleidos images

Lebanese demonstration in Paris (35)

One of many demonstrations by Lebanese expats in Paris against the governmental corruption in Lebanon and for a secular state. October 27, 2019. © Tarek Charara/Kaleidos images

Saving the Iris Cedreti (59)

The Iris cedreti Dinsmore is endemic to the Cedar region (Al Arz) above Bsharry in Lebanon. It grows here at an altitude 1,900 meters and blooms in Mai. It is listed by the IUCN as critically endangered. The Cedrar tourist resort project is menacing over 50% of the Iris' actual natural habitat. Doctor Youssef Tawk is passionate about protecting the environment, saving the lebanese cedar and the iris cedreti. He has already planted tens of thousands of cedar trees and saved thousands of irises from this project. © Tarek Charara/Kaleidos images

Shea butter (5)

The horsemen of Djougou (399)

Legend has it that in the seventh century a group of horsemen fled the Islamization of Mecca and, over the centuries, found themselves in Africa. They took with them their equestrian traditions and their love for horses. © Tarek Charara/Kaleidos images