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Michael Runkel,

51, born in Neustadt an der Aisch, is a travel photographer and author.

He has traveled to all 193 UN countries and is officially one of the most traveled people in the world: In the NomadMania community, he is in seventh place in the ranking with 1,118 out of 1301 regions (founder Harry Mitsidis in first place traveled to 1233).

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