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PHOTO OF THE DAY November 16, 2003  

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Where Kampong Ayer, Brunei
When 1998
Photographer Michael S. Yamashita

"If [Bruneian 'water village'] residents lose their homes to fires, they may move downstream to government-subsidized housing, part of a welfare system that helps the royal family stay in power but is financed by a diminishing supply of petroleum."

—From "South China Sea: Crossroads of Asia," December 1998, National Geographic magazine

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