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In this Saturday, May 25, 2019 photo Vyacheslav Rasner, 68, waiting for clients who want him to lead them around some parts of the city's Nevsky Prospekt main avenue in St.Petersburg, Russia, as he has become an unexpectedly popular tour guide after surviving a decade of homelessness. Rasner guides tourists around the ornate magnificence and the cruel poverty of the city, a good education for visitors who have already seen the city’s more-renowned sights, but his erudition and affection for the city shine through. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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