Combination photo shows snow-covered top of the largest free-standing volcano in the world Mount Kilimanjaro...
Combination photo shows the snow-covered top of the largest free-standing volcano in the world Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, in this aerial images taken on March 10, 2006. The Uhuru peak, 5,896 meters (19,343.83 feet) above sea level is on the top and Furtwangler glacier on the right of the top left picture. Tanzania's government has banned plastic bags and containers and ordered people to stop farming and logging on Africa's highest mountain, among other environmental measures. Vice-President Ali Muhammed Shein, quoted by a South African newspaper, said the government's ban on the importation, manufacture and sale of plastic bags and plastic drinking containers would take effect in October so that manufacturers and importers had time to find alternatives. Pictures taken March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Neil Wallace