Stalking Tanzania's Man-Eating Lions Nature's most efficient predators are hunting down the people of southern Tanzania. These cats are cunning, hungry, and—some believe—not of this world. Photograph by Ami Vitale
Somoe Mohamed, left, the mother of Hassani Dadi, gathers water at sunset in the village of Usure, Tanzania. Due to the lions' nocturnal hunting preference, sunrise and sunset are very dangerous times to be outside. Still, the women must stay in the fields up until the sun sets to prevent birds and monkeys from eating their crops. —Contributing Photographer Ami Vitale