Sporting protective rain gear, Indian farmers plant paddy saplings in
their fields, near Panvel town 70 kms (43.7miles) north of Bombay, July
7, 2003. The progress of the June-September monsoon season in India,
where much of the population lives off agriculture, is keenly watched
by farmers, economists and stockbrokers. Picture taken July 7.
REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto

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