Why does my iCloud photo stream create duplicates of every photo?

Hi,
I have a MacBook Air, on which I store all my photos.
I routinely export my photos from my iOS devices to my MacBook Air, and view whatever photos that I have through photo stream.
On my iOS device and MacBook, though, every photo has a duplicate of itself, even though in the main library I only have one of each photo—no duplicates at all.
Why are duplicates showing up in my iCloud photo stream even though I have no duplicates in the actual library itself?

Hello ambenlandry,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iCloud: My Photo Stream troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3989
Have a nice day,
Mario

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