Images Dated 2008 March

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(FILES) Picture of two monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) copulating taken on March 18, 2008 in the Oyamel forest at El Rosario sanctuary in Angangueo, state of Michoacan, Mexico. Unesco has declared on July 7, 2008 as World Heritage 56, 000 hectares of the state of Michoacan, western Mexico, where every year from October to March 20 million of Monarch butterflies set their home to breed after travelling more than 4, 500 kilometres from the United States and Canada. AFP PHOTO/Luis ACOSTA / AFP PHOTO / AFP FILES / LUIS ACOSTA

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