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In a world becoming smaller and more global, we'd like to see socio-economical and cultural differences growing smaller, but in the advanced year of 2013, works like that of photographer Peter Menzel still strike a tangible cord. In this work, titled: "Hungry Planet: What the world eats", Menzel went around the world and took photos of families and all they eat in a week. While some spend hundreds of dollars a week, some spend as little as a $1.23... |
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| The Blender from Bargteheide, Germany (4 people) Weekly food costs: US $500.07 |
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| Jarvis family from North Carolina, USA (4 people) Weekly food costs: US $341.98 |
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| The Aokita from Kodirah, Japan Weekly food costs: US $317.25 |
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| Manzo family of Sicily, Italy (5 persons) Weekly food costs: US $260.11 |
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| The Hagans Kuwait City, Kuwait (8 people) Weekly food expenses - US $221.45 |
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| The Ksals from Cuernavaca, Mexico (5 persons) Weekly food costs: US $189.09 |
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| The Dong family from Beijing, China (4 people) Weekly food expenditures - US $175 |
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| The Sobyakiznkis from Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland (5 persons) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $151.27 |
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| The Ahmed family from Cairo, Egypt (12 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $68.53 |
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| The Batsori from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (4 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $40.06 |
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| The Yim family from Tingo, Ecuador (9 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $31.55 |
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| The Namgais from Shingkhey village, Bhutan (13 people) Weekly food expenditures: U.S. $5.03 |
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| The Abubakar from Breidjing Camp, Chad (6 people) Weekly food costs - U.S. $1.23 |
Submitted by: Karen Hed
