While journalist Paul
Salopek was in Myan-
mar, pro-democracy
demonstrations intensi-
fied. Since the military
seized power in Febru-
ary, hundreds have been
killed and thousands
detained or tortured.
Salopek had to break
his global Out of Eden
Walk and fly to China.
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Children of nomadic
Afar herders in north-
ern Ethiopia gather
in Herto Bouri, the
Milky Way lighting the
night sky. From here
our ancestors began
their spread across the
planet, and Salopek set
out, in January 2013,
on his 24,000-mile
storytelling odyssey.