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The Pacific Partnership Band performs for a crowd of more than 3,000 people at Kilege Stadium during a Pacific Partnership 2011 community service project in Lae, Papua New Guinea, May 28, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance initiative is making port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia.

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The Pacific Partnership Band performs for a crowd of more than 3,000 people at Kilege Stadium during a Pacific Partnership 2011 community service project in Lae, Papua New Guinea, May 28, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance initiative is making port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia.

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