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Moroni_Capital_of_the_Comores_Photo_by_Sascha_Grabow.jpg Moroni, capital of the Union of the Comoros, between the Indian Ocean and the slopes of Karthala |
Sascha Grabow | Free licence — see the source page | Grande Comore |
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Moroni_Capital_of_Comores_Photo_by_Sascha_Grabow.jpg The heart of Moroni: the Friday Mosque and the bay of the old harbour |
Sascha Grabow | Free licence — see the source page | Grande Comore |
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Moroni_Friday_Mosque_Comoros.jpg The Friday Mosque, a white silhouette on the Moroni seafront |
See the source page | CC BY 3.0 PL | Grande Comore |
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Ancienne_Mosquee_du_Vendredi_(10886895544).jpg The old Friday Mosque of Moroni, founded in the 15th century |
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Mosque_in_Moroni,_Comoros_(3923026238).jpg Minaret in the old town of Moroni |
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Moroni_Medina_Comoros_2.jpg Shady alleys in the medina of Moroni |
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Moroni-Harbour.jpg The old harbour of Moroni, where dhows once moored |
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Moroni_harbour_(2).jpg Boats and dugout canoes in the harbour of Moroni |
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Moroni_beach.jpg The seashore near Moroni |
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Moroni_banner.jpg Panorama of Moroni |
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Moroni,_Comoros.jpg Itsandra beach, a few minutes north of Moroni |
TheLizardQueen | CC BY 2.0 | Grande Comore |
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Karthala_volcano-Comoros.jpg The caldera of Karthala, one of the largest active craters in the world |
alKomor.com | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Grande Comore |
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Lava_Flows_of_Mount_Karthala_volcano_in_Grande_Comore.jpg Old lava flows from Karthala running down to the sea |
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Mitsamiouli_beach_pirogues_Comoros.jpg Outrigger canoes on the white sand of Mitsamiouli |
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Mohéli_banner.jpg The wild coast of Mohéli |
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Fomboni-Ship.jpg A ship at anchor off Fomboni, the main town of Mohéli |
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Îlot_de_Nioumachoua.jpg The Nioumachoua islets, jewels of Mohéli National Park |
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Panorama_mangrove_de_nioumachoua.jpg The Nioumachoua mangrove, a nursery for marine life |
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Queen_of_Mohéli.jpg Djoumbé Fatima, queen of Mohéli in the 19th century |
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Anjouan_-_Islands_of_Comoros.jpg Domoni, the old city of the sultans on the east coast of Anjouan |
Haryamouji | Free licence — see the source page | Anjouan |
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Mutsamudu_(9983246206).jpg Mutsamudu, squeezed between the ocean and the green slopes of Anjouan |
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Mutsamudu.jpg Overview of Mutsamudu, the main town of Anjouan |
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Mutsamudu_port1.jpg The port of Mutsamudu, Anjouan's gateway from the sea |
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Mutsamudu_Stone_Stairway_(9983185465).jpg Stone steps in the medina of Mutsamudu |
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Mutsamudu_Street_(9983198004).jpg A narrow alley in the old town of Mutsamudu |
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Mayotte_banner.jpg A Mayotte lemur (panoramic banner) |
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LAGON_MAYOTTE.jpg The lagoon of Mayotte seen from the summit of Mount Choungui |
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Le_lagon_à_Dembéni_(Mayotte)_(34073252283).jpg The lagoon at Dembéni, with Petite-Terre on the horizon |
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Mayotte_lagon_avec_ilôt_M'Bouzi_à_droite.jpg The lagoon and M'Bouzi islet |
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Îlot_M'Bouzi.jpg M'Bouzi islet, a national nature reserve off Mamoudzou |
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Plage_du_Préfet_(Mayotte).jpg Plage du Préfet, in Mayotte |
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Tahiti_plage_Mayotte_2.JPG Tahiti Plage, one of the busiest coves in Mayotte |
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Tahiti_plage_Mayotte_1.jpg The welcome sign at Tahiti Plage, in Sada |
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Plage_de_Hamouro-Mayotte.jpg Hamouro beach, on the east coast of Grande-Terre |
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Plage_de_Soulou_2.JPG Soulou beach, in the north-west of Mayotte |
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N'Gouja_2.jpg N'Gouja beach, in the south of Mayotte |
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Nguja_(3063720186).jpg The turquoise waters of N'Gouja, kingdom of the turtles |
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Tortue_N'Gouja.jpg A green turtle grazing on the seagrass beds of N'Gouja |
Frédéric Ducarme | Free licence — see the source page | Mayotte |
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Tortue_verte_et_poisson-pilote.jpg A green turtle escorted by a pilot fish in the lagoon |
Frédéric Ducarme | Free licence — see the source page | Mayotte |
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Dugong_du_parc_marin_de_Mayotte.jpg A dugong, a rare and protected visitor to the Mayotte Marine Nature Park |
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Mayotte-indian-ocean-dziani-lake-landscape-496a6b54ac95062ba05d28389a3cadac.jpg Lake Dziani, a crater lake with emerald-green waters on Petite-Terre |
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Dziani_Dzaha_in_Volcanic_Crater_in_Mayotte.jpg Aerial view of the Dziani Dzaha crater |
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Lac_Dziani_Dzaha.jpg The shores of Dziani Dzaha |
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Dzaoudzi.jpg Dzaoudzi, the former capital on its rock on Petite-Terre |
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La_barge_à_Dzaoudzi_(Mayotte)_(34019109614).jpg The barge, the link between Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre |
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Choungui_nord.jpg The peak of Mount Choungui seen from the north |
Frédéric Ducarme | Free licence — see the source page | Mayotte |
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Mont_Choungui.jpg Mount Choungui, sentinel of southern Mayotte |
Frédéric Ducarme | Free licence — see the source page | Mayotte |
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Barrière_de_corail_et_lagon_vus_du_Mont_Choungui.jpg The double coral barrier reef seen from Mount Choungui |
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Mayotte-mamoudzou-1800x1000-d259bf1d.jpg Mamoudzou, the largest town in Mayotte, facing the lagoon |
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Mamoudzou_(10029936275).jpg The Mamoudzou seafront |
David Stanley | Free licence — see the source page | Mayotte |
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La_mosquée_de_Mtsapéré_(Mayotte)_(34746792691).jpg The mosque of Mtsapéré, in Mamoudzou |
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2004_12_12_18-24-04_rose_sea_in_mamoudzou_mayotte_island.jpg Pink sunset over the lagoon at Mamoudzou |
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Maki_de_mayotte.jpg The Mayotte lemur (maki), the island's emblematic primate |
Jérôme G | Free licence — see the source page | Mayotte |
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Latimeria_Chalumnae_-_Coelacanth_-_NHMW.jpg Coelacanth caught in 1974 off Grande Comore (Natural History Museum, Vienna) |
Alberto Fernandez Fernandez | Free licence — see the source page | Flora & fauna |
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Bristol.zoo.livfruitbat.arp.jpg Livingstone's fruit bat, a giant bat endemic to Anjouan and Mohéli (illustrative photo) |
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Livingstone's_Fruit_Bat.jpg Livingstone's fruit bat, one of the rarest mammals in the Indian Ocean (illustrative photo) |
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Eulemur-mongoz_59489762.jpg The mongoose lemur, found on Anjouan and Mohéli (illustrative photo) |
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Cananga_odorata_flowers.jpg Ylang-ylang flowers, the fragrant gold of the Comoros |
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A_ylang-ylang_plantation,_near_a_factory_producing_essential_oil_from_the_flowers_(4).jpg Ylang-ylang plantation near a distillery on Nosy Be (Madagascar): illustrative photo |
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026e_Humpback_whale_jump_and_splash_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg A humpback whale breaching (illustrative photo) |
Giles Laurent | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Flora & fauna |
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Green_sea_turtle_(Chelonia_mydas)_Moorea.jpg A green turtle in open water (illustrative photo) |
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Comoros_country_map_1976,_CIA.jpg Map of the Comoros archipelago published in 1976, a year after independence |
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Map_of_Africa_(1808)_-_CAMORA_excerpt.jpg Detail of an 1808 map of Africa on which the archipelago appears under the name “Camora” |
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Admiralty_Chart_No_2762_Comoro_Islands,_Published_1879.jpg British nautical chart of the Comoro Islands, published in 1879 |
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Sultan_Said_Ali_ben_Said_Omar_of_Bambao_with_other_important_people_in_Ngazidja_(grand_comore).jpg Sultan Saïd Ali ben Saïd Omar of Bambao surrounded by notables of Ngazidja, before 1916 |
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Franz_Sikora_038.jpg Saïd Ali ben Saïd Omar, sultan of Grande Comore, photographed in exile in Réunion in 1897 |
Franz Sikora | Domaine public | History |
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Andriantsoly.jpg Andriantsoly, ruler of Mayotte who ceded the island to France in 1841 |
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Ntsaoueni_Wall_(10927095456).jpg The rampart of Ntsaoueni, built against raids and now protecting the town from storms |
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Grande_Comore-Iconi-Ancienne_capitale.jpg Iconi, the former capital of a sultanate south of Moroni |
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La_Résidence_du_gouverneur_(Dzaoudzi,_Mayotte)_(34824394185).jpg The governor's residence in Dzaoudzi, built on the site of Sultan Andriantsoly's palace |
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra | CC BY 2.0 | Mayotte |
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L'hôpital_historique_(Dzaoudzi,_Mayotte)_(34787688536).jpg The former colonial hospital on the rock of Dzaoudzi |
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra | CC BY 2.0 | Mayotte |
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Le_manzaraka,_le_grand_mariage_(musée_de_Mayotte)_(34751468196).jpg The bridal chamber of the manzaraka, the Mahoran grand marriage (Museum of Mayotte) |
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra | CC BY 2.0 | Culture |
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Bijoux_d'un_grand_mariage_Comorien.jpg A set of gold jewellery given at a Comorian grand marriage |
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Woman_sewing_Kofia.jpg An embroiderer making a kofia, the traditional men's cap |
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Women_selling_colourful_dress_in_Comoros.jpg A stall of colourful fabrics at a Comorian market |
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Happy_colours.jpg Women in colourful traditional dress in Domoni (Anjouan) |
Aurélie L'hermitte | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Culture |
| video | 032_Humpback_whale_lobtailing_in_slow_motion_Video_by_Giles_Laurent.webm A humpback whale slapping the surface with its tail fin, in slow motion (illustrative video) |
Giles Laurent | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Flora & fauna |
| video | Green_sea_turtles_(Chelonia_mydas)_mating.webm Green turtles at sea (illustrative video) |
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| video | Baby_turtle.webm Young sea turtles swimming out to sea (illustrative video) |
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| video | Tropical_Fish_Banner_Fish_on_Coral_Reef.webm Bannerfish on a coral reef (illustrative video) |
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| video | Waves_of_the_sea_(Video).webm Ocean surf on the shore (illustrative video) |
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LAC SALE MISTAMIHOULI COMORES.JPG Lac Salé (Niamawi), an ancient crater in the north of Grande Comore |
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Bangoi-kouni Comores.jpg Bangoi-Kouni, village of the “miraculous mosque”, in the north-east of Grande Comore |
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Mosquée - panoramio (1).jpg The mosque of Tsingoni, the old royal mosque of Mayotte (mihrab dated 1538) |
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Volo_Volo_Market_(10912886835).jpg The Volo Volo market, in Moroni |
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Mitsamiouli_beach_4.jpg A white sand beach north of Mitsamiouli |
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PLAGE_BANGOI-KOUNI_COMORES.jpg Bangoi-Kouni beach, in the north-east of Grande Comore |
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Independence_day_Moroni_Comoros_4.jpg Independence Day celebrations in Moroni |
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Tribune_Ouest_Malouzini.jpg The west stand of the Malouzini multi-sports stadium |
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Stadion_Moroni.JPG The stadium in Moroni |
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Anjouan.jpg Anjouan seen from the International Space Station (NASA, 2021) |
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Mohéli-Beach.jpg A beach on Mohéli |
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Éco_musée_du_sel.JPG The salt ecomuseum in Bandrélé |
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Îlot_Bandrélé.jpg Bandrélé islet, in the lagoon of Mayotte |
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Îlot_de_Sable_Blanc_2.jpg Sable Blanc islet, a sandbank in the lagoon of Mayotte |
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Palagonite_cliffs_at_Moya_beach_(Mayotte).JPG The volcanic cliffs of Moya beach, on Petite-Terre |
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Plage_de_Moya,_bébé_tortue.jpg A baby turtle on Moya beach, on Petite-Terre |
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Mtsamboro_islet_(Mayotte).JPG Mtsamboro islet, in the north-west of Mayotte |
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Chissioua_Mtsamboro_–_Mayotte_2.jpg Chissioua Mtsamboro, the fishermen's islet |
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Le_conseil_départemental_(Mamoudzou,_Mayotte)_(34746660561).jpg The departmental council of Mayotte, in Mamoudzou |
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Mamoudzou_City_Hall_(10030018363).jpg Mamoudzou town hall |
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Mayotte,_Grande_Terre_(2850834274).jpg A landscape of Grande-Terre, in Mayotte |
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Marché-Mamoudzou.jpg The covered market in Mamoudzou |
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Musee_des_Comores_(10842842534).jpg The National Museum of the Comoros (CNDRS), in Moroni |
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Waterfalls_in_the_rainforest_of_Moheli.jpg A waterfall in the forest of Mohéli |
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Turtle-Moheli.jpg A sea turtle on the coast of Mohéli |
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Ouallah-Mohéli-Corail.jpg The coral coast at Ouallah, in the south of Mohéli |
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Padza_érodé.jpg A padza, eroded red soil, in Mayotte |
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Dapani.jpg Dapani, in the south of Mayotte |
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Îlot-Sable-Blanc-pointe-Saziley.jpg Saziley point and Sable Blanc islet, in the south-east of Mayotte |
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Lac_dzialandze.JPG Lake Dzialandzé, a crater lake perched in the forests of the Anjouan highlands |
Peioma | Domaine public | Anjouan |
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Djoiezi.jpg The village of Djoiezi, on the north coast of Mohéli |
SOIMA | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Mohéli |
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Whale-Mohéli.jpg The tail of a humpback whale off Mohéli |
alKomor.com | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Mohéli |
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Mating_turtles-Moheli.jpg Green turtles in the waters of Mohéli |
alKomor.com | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Mohéli |
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Fish_Harvest.jpg Women fishing with nets off Anjouan |
Sarahmcq | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Anjouan |
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US_Military_Bolsters_Education—Dedicates_School_in_Comoros_DVIDS227246.jpg Women dancing at a celebration in Nioumamilima, in the Comoros, in 2009 |
Jonathan Kulp, US Navy | Domaine public | Culture |
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Victoire_du_dimanche.jpg At a traditional wedding, a mother sings the praises of the groom |
Tasnavaro | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Culture |
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Happy_wedding!.jpg Traditional wedding outfits in Domoni (Anjouan) |
Aurélie L'hermitte | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Culture |
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Men_play_mraha_in_Iconi.jpg A game of mraha, the sowing game played on a wooden board, in the old town of Iconi |
Ballenato | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Culture |
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Supporteurs_Comores_(6).jpg Comorian fans at Olembé Stadium in Yaoundé during the AFCON round-of-16 match against Cameroon (24 January 2022) |
Jeanpierrekepseu | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sport |
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COMORES.jpg The Coelacanths before their AFCON round-of-16 match against Cameroon on 24 January 2022; in blue, defender Chaker Alhadhur, who started in goal |
Happiraphael | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sport |
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Incursion_comorienne_dans_la_défense_camerounaise.jpg A Comorian attack against the Cameroonian defence in the AFCON round of 16 (Yaoundé, 24 January 2022) |
Happiraphael | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sport |
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CSKA-CZ_(8).jpg El Fardou Ben Nabouhane in a Red Star Belgrade shirt, in 2018 |
Anton Zaïtsev | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Sport |
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SM_Caen_B_-_Stade_rennais_B_20150913_-_Chaker_Alhadhur_(1).JPG Chaker Alhadhur with the Stade Malherbe Caen reserve team, in 2015 |
S. Plaine | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sport |
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RC_Lens_-_Grenoble_Foot_38_(24-11-2018)_66_(cropped).jpg Youssouf M'Changama playing for Grenoble Foot 38, in 2018 |
Supporterhéninois | CC0 | Sport |
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AMIR_MTN.jpg Amir Abdou leading a training session of the Mauritania national team |
Bhmkinder | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sport |
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Feta_Ahamada_2012_Olympics.jpg Feta Ahamada in her 100 m heat at the London Olympic Games, 3 August 2012 |
cdephotos | CC BY 2.0 | Sport |
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2008_Coin-Nord_wird_Meister,_Stadion_Moroni,_Grande_Comore.jpg The crowd floods the pitch at the Moroni stadium after the final won by Coin Nord of Mitsamiouli, in 2008 |
Markus Staub | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sport |
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Pamandzi_Sports_Ground_(10030014093).jpg A football match on the sports ground in Pamandzi, on Petite-Terre (2013) |
David Stanley | CC BY 2.0 | Sport |
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Stade_de_Pamandzi.jpg The athletics track and covered stand of the Pamandzi stadium, on Petite-Terre |
Baki | CC0 | Sport |
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Pirogue_1_Mayotte.jpg An outrigger canoe (laka) pulled up on a beach in Mayotte |
Perrine Pépin | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Mayotte |
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Pêche_dans_le_lagon_de_Mayotte.jpg An outrigger canoe in the lagoon of Mayotte, between Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre |
Pierrick Lizot | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Mayotte |
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Seychelles_1985_stamp_Indian_Ocean_Islands_Games.jpg Stamp issued by the Seychelles for the 2nd Indian Ocean Island Games, in 1985: boxing |
Poste des Seychelles | Domaine public | Sport |
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Lissa_Labiche_winning_gold_medal_at_the_IOIG_2015.jpg Seychellois athlete Lissa Labiche wins the high jump at the 2015 Island Games in Réunion |
Patrick Joubert / Seychelles News Agency | CC BY 4.0 | Sport |
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