Sidi Bouzid, the Tunisian Town Where the Arab Spring Began

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Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME

Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, December 1, 2011
Almost a year after Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, a portrait of him hangs outside the Governor's office that was the site of the young street vendor's protest.

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