On one farm in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, I was told that of a total workforce of around 200, two a week are dying of Aids.

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Situated in the highlands of eastern Jamaica, Moore Town is home to the descendants of independent communities of former runaway slaves known as Maroons.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

In some parts of Africa, such as the highlands of eastern Africa, the Sahel and the deserts of southern Africa, malaria is not a constant threat, but comes in sudden epidemics.

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The Canaima National Park stretches across the Guyana Highlands in south-eastern Venezuela.

UNESCO: Culture

The body type of the classic East African distance runner like marathon gold medal winner Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda and the Kenyans and Ethiopians who followed just behind were forged by nature in the Rift Valley and highlands of eastern Africa.

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Some areas of the Highlands and Islands have largely escaped the snowfalls that have caused chaos in several more southern and eastern areas of Scotland since last Friday.

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Narrow though the differences seem, the constitution is only part of a broader political battle between two Bolivias: the poorer, mainly Indian western highlands still revere Mr Morales, while the opposition is led by the regional prefects of the more prosperous eastern departments.

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