Kenya

On the East African savanna, Maasai people drape themselves in vivid red plaid shúkàs and live among lions and cattle. Red is both a visual marker and a practical color believed to deter predators. It has become one of Kenya's most vivid cultural symbols.

Lake Turkana is an alkaline lake in the East African Rift; its waters glow jade green under the sun. Fossils nearly 3 million years old found on its shores earned it the name "Cradle of Humankind." For the Turkana people, the lake is a miracle of life in aridity.