Dead fig tree (Ficus vasta). This tree can grow to over 20 metres in height, with a trunk several metres across. Here, the dead tree, alongside a road

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Dead fig tree (Ficus vasta). This tree can grow to over 20 metres in height, with a trunk several metres across. Here, the dead tree, alongside a road in southern Ethiopia, is providing firewood for the local population. Photographed in 2011.

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Photo credit: © BRIAN GADSBY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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