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(11,093 posts)but they bring home the reality of many places.
Another place to look at is the reality of Nepal, the trek through the Khumbu region, and Mt. Everest base camp. Everest itself is littered with discarded equipment and oxygen tanks (although there's been an effort to clean it up) and the trek up to Everest - even in the low regions - is strewn with garbage - candy wrappers, gum wrappers, most anything, because people don't get the concept of "take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints".
Now are the pictures above everyday events, or were they of some day of significance in that area, where everyone appeared? Because you could take a pic of Times Square in the morning, and another on New Year's Eve, and they'll be quite different.