Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg. Sailing in the middle of a freshwater lake, the fishermen keep both hands free by perching on one leg and wrapping the other leg around the boat’s oar. Photographer David Lazar visited Inle Lake in the Taunggyi District of Shan State, Myanmar, also known as Burma, where the distinctive fishermen are a regular fixture.
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MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
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COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
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TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
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A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
