Photo: Europe's Largest Minority Gaining Recognition, Expert Says

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A group of Roma, sometimes mistakenly called Gypsies, celebrates the feast of Saint Gregory in Bistrita, Romania. A leading scholar of the ethnic group—which comprises Europe's largest minority—says that after centuries of discrimination, the Roma are making slow but steady progress toward attaining equal rights.

Photograph by Alexandra Avakian/NGS

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