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In Turkey

, villagers are standing up against a company close to the government.

They want to protect a natural site in the northeast of the country, made up of lush valleys that could soon be disfigured by quarries dug to extract stones. 

In Israel

, to warn about the drying up of the Dead Sea, 200 people posed nude on Sunday.

It is a project of the American photographer Spencer Tunick, known for his gigantic shots of nude models. 

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