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Wolfowitz Visits Timor-Leste - Day 5: Dili

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DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
Altar servers in procession at Dili's Motael Church at Palm Sunday mass. More than 1,500 parishioners attend. The Motael Church, a Portuguese era building, has special significance for the people of this new nation.


Photo: World Bank/Jonny Santos

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
Family members young and old flock to churches all over Timor-Leste to attend Palm Sunday mass. It marks the last Sunday before Easter.

Photo: © World Bank World Bank/ Jonny Santos

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
Family members young and old flock to churches all over Timor-Leste to attend Palm Sunday mass. It marks the last Sunday before Easter.

Photo: © World Bank World Bank/ Jonny Santos

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
The build-up to Palm Sunday is very festive in Timor-Leste - a majority Catholic country. Children spend hours weaving palm leaves into a variety of shapes. They bring these to churches across the country for the Palm Sunday celebration.

Photo: © World Bank World Bank/ Jonny Santos

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
Father Antonio Alves, parish priest of the Motael Church, welcomed World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to an early morning Palm Sunday mass. The Motael Church, a Portuguese era building, has special significance for the people of this new nation.

Photo: © World Bank World Bank/ Jonny Santos

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
Family members young and old flock to churches all over Timor-Leste to attend Palm Sunday mass. It marks the last Sunday before Easter.

Photo: © World Bank World Bank/ Jonny Santos

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz buys 'lakero mutin' (squashes) from a stallholder at Dili's busy Taibesi market. This food and clothing market will be renovated and extended soon under a Bank-sponsored Small Enterprise Program.

Photo: © World Bank World Bank/ Jonny Santos

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [HI-RES]
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. stopped to talk to this stallholder family at Dili's Taibesi Market about the economic challenges they face. They told him that with the cost of schooling, it was hard to make ends meet.

Photo: © World Bank World Bank/ Jonny Santos




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