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Maasai demand jobs in geothermal-rich Olkaria • May 15, 2025, 6:00 AM ET (The Standard)
Baby on the way for Toronto Zoo's Masai giraffe • May 11, 2025, 9:19 AM ET (CBC)
A new generation of Maasai warriors is born in Kenya • Apr. 28, 2025, 2:04 AM ET (AP)

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Maasai girl at Lake Natron in northern Tanzania, on the border with Kenya.
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