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World Toilet Day is today! Um .. is that really the best name?

This photo was taken in a café in the neighborhood of Obour city, which is part of greater Cairo, Egypt. The photographer says that the sign serves as a reminder that everyone needs easy access to a toilet.

November 19 is World Toilet Day — officially declared by the United Nations to bring attention to the the 3.4 billion people who live without "safely managed sanitation."

(Image credit: Aly Hazzaa)

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