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  • Zakhia, 3, is crying in the arms of her mother (centre) while Jasim, 5, (right) is playing with his father, in Fallujah, Iraq. Both children are suffering from severe neurological disorders, and were born after the 2004 US-led battles for the city. Sausaan, (left) the family’s healthy 8-year-old sister, born before the attacks, regularly assists her two disabled siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Saadi Othman, 3, a boy suffering from a severe brain damage, blindness and paralysis, is being comforted by his mother while having breakfast in their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Zahra Mohammed, 5, a girl affected by a severe neurological disorder and six fingers in each hand and foot, is sitting on her pram on a family photograph, in between medical records collected by her father, in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Ali, 10, is assisting one of his two disabled brothers born after the 2004 battles, Ayob, 5, while he is sitting on a wheelchair inside their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Luay Hadi, 29, is comforting his daughter, Tebah, 7, a child affected by cerebral palsy, in Fallujah, Iraq. Tebah's mother was pregnant during both US-led battles in 2004. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Mariam, 7, a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is playing with her doll in her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family has three children affected by severe illnesses, all born after the 2004 US-led battles for the city. The family and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Rahil Ali, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder, in lying on the floor of his home in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Rahil lives with his father, Rashid Ali, 35, and his mute and deaf grandmother, Bano Bi Ali, 70, in a small, single room his father rents inside a larger house. Rahil's mother left the family three years ago, his father says, because of the hardship and stigma associated to birth defects in India. She took with her Rahil's two siblings, a sister now aged 6 and a brother aged 3, and remarried. In the past, Rashid and his now ex-wife had no choice but to feed the family on contaminated water for a period about six years, in which all three children were born. But while his siblings appear to be healthy to this day, Rahil was diagnosed with torch infection and Lissencephaly after a CT scan was made of his brain soon after his birth. The latter disorder is incurable, and children in similar conditions to Rahil's have a average life expectancy of less than ten years.
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  • Rashid Ali, 35, is holding his son Rahil Ali, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder, while sitting in their home in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Rahil lives with his father and his mute and deaf grandmother, Bano Bi Ali, 70, in a small, single room his father rents inside a larger house. Rahil's mother left the family three years ago, his father says, because of the hardship and stigma associated to birth defects in India. She took with her Rahil's two siblings, a sister now aged 6 and a brother aged 3, and remarried. In the past, Rashid and his now ex-wife had no choice but to feed the family on contaminated water for a period about six years, in which all three children were born. But while his siblings appear to be healthy to this day, Rahil was diagnosed with torch infection and Lissencephaly after a CT scan was made of his brain soon after his birth. The latter disorder is incurable, and children in similar conditions to Rahil's have a average life expectancy of less than ten years.
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  • Bano Bi Ali, 70, is feeding her grandson Rahil Ali, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder, in their home in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Rahil lives with his father, Rashid Ali, 35, and his mute and deaf grandmother, in a small, single room his father rents inside a larger house. Rahil's mother left the family three years ago, his father says, because of the hardship and stigma associated to birth defects in India. She took with her Rahil's two siblings, a sister now aged 6 and a brother aged 3, and remarried. In the past, Rashid and his now ex-wife had no choice but to feed the family on contaminated water for a period about six years, in which all three children were born. But while his siblings appear to be healthy to this day, Rahil was diagnosed with torch infection and Lissencephaly after a CT scan was made of his brain soon after his birth. The latter disorder is incurable, and children in similar conditions to Rahil's have a average life expectancy of less than ten years.
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  • Munem Adnan Abdullah, 37, is holding Mohammed, 4, (right) one of his two disabled children, in Fallujah, Iraq. Ayob, 5, his second disabled child is being pushed by one of his two older, and healthy brothers, both born before the two 2004 battles. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Rashid Ali, 35, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is talking on a mobile phone while hugging his disabled son Rahil Ali, 7, a boy affected by lissencephaly, inside their home in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Rahil lives with his father and deaf grandmother in a small, single room rented within a larger house. Due to the hardship and stigma associated to birth defects in India, in 2009 Rahil's mother left the family.
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  • Mohammed Thiab, a young 25-year-old father, is playing with Jasim, 5, one of his two children affected by neurological disorders, on the floor of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The children have a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her sick siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Mariam, 7, a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is awakening in the early morning on the floor of her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family has three children affected by alarming disabilities, all born after the 2004 US-led battles for the city. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Mohammed Thiab, a young 25-year-old father, is playing with Jasim, 5, one of his two children suffering from severe neurological disorders, on the floor of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The children have a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles for the city, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her disabled siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Riswana, 25, (left) is offering Indian chai tea to his disabled son Maheraj, 2 and a half years old, while sitting near her husband Mahfus Ali, 32, (left) a gas survivor, inside their home in Model Ground, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. A few years ago Mahfus Ali and his wife Riswana, 25, lost a child facing similar health problems to those of Maharaj. The boy survived only a few days and was born with severe birth defects. Salya, 4, a girl, is the parents's only healthy child.
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  • Zakhia, 3, is crying in her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Mohammed Thiab, a young 25-year-old father, is playing with Jasim, 5, one of his two children affected by neurological disorders, on the floor of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The children have a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her sick siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Maath, 6, a child suffering from a shortage of brain cells and mental disability, is crying on the floor of his home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Mahfus Ali, 32, (right) a gas survivor, is holding the hands of his disabled son Maheraj, 2 and a half years old, while inside their home in Model Ground, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. A few years ago Mahfus Ali and his wife Riswana, 25, lost a child facing similar health problems to those of Maharaj. The boy survived only a few days and was born with severe birth defects. Salya, 4, a girl, is the parents's only healthy child.
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  • A newborn suffering from a birth defect is lying inside an incubator in the children's ward of Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq, while the grandmother is sitting nearby. (right) Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Zahra Mohammed, 5, a girl affected by a neurological disorder and the presence of six fingers in each hand and foot, is holding a book while sitting on the floor of her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Jasim, 5, (right) one of Mohammed Thiab's two disabled young children, is sitting in his pram with his grandfather in the front-yard of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family has a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her sick siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Munem Adnan Abdullah, 37, is holding Mohammed, 4, one of his two severely disabled sons, while standing in front of the entrance to their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family also has two healthy older brothers, Ali, 10, and Omer, 9, both born before the two US-led battles for the city took place in 2004. Ayob and his brother Mohammed are both affected by neurological and spinal cord disorders. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Hamed Hamid, 30, a local policeman and the son of a police Colonel who was murdered by Al-Qaida supporters for its supposed collaboration with American forces, is sitting in his home in Fallujah, Iraq. Hamed has a boy, Maath, 6, suffering from a shortage of brain cells and mental disability. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Zakhia, 3, a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is crying inside her home in Fallujah, Iraq. Her brother, Jasim, 5, is also affected by a similar illness. The family has a healthy 8-year-old daughter, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles for the city, who regularly assists her two disabled siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Maath, 6, a child suffering from a shortage of brain cells and a mental disability, is crying in his home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Saadi Othman, 3, a child suffering from a severe brain damage and paralysis, is undergoing aerosol therapy in the arms of his mother in Fallujah, Iraq. The family was in the city during both US-led battles for the city in 2004. The parents and relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • An Iraqi soldier (left) and a member of the Iraqi Police (right) are sitting next to a Humvee vehicle, guarding the main checkpoint to the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on Highway N.10. (Baghdad-Fallujah-Ramadi)
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  • Khadija, 27 days, a young girl with a severe heart defect, is breathing through an aerosol while in her mother's arms, inside a room of the children's ward at Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq.
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  • Abdullah Kodhum, a young 4-day-old boy affected by a severe case of hydrocephalus and spina bifida, is lying inside a room of the children's ward of the Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Mariam, 7, (top right) is awakening next to her brothers Mustafah, 4, (bottom right) and Ammar, 6, (left) in Fallujah, Iraq. The three children are all affected by severe neurological disorders. The parents and their relatives have no history of defects, and have been tested for compatibility.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • Jyoti, 10, (left) and her younger sister Poonam, 9, (right) are oiling their hair while getting ready for school, as they stand inside their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Poonam, 13, (right) is playing with the family's mobile phone next to her oldest sister Arti, 19, (left) and their mother, Sangita, 42, while sitting on the floor of their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Poonam, 9, (front) is running away from her sister Jyoti, 10, (left) while playing with friends on the streets of Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • A girl is being examined by a member of The Bhopal Medical Appeal during a community meeting near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • Sachin, 16, a boy suffering from a severe physical disorder affecting his bone structure and legs, is being helped washing by his grandmother, inside their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • On a rainy day, a girl is playing with an umbrella along the railway tracks passing through New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Boys are playing cricket by the side of a large evaporation pool once used by Union Carbide for their industrial wastewater, next to Blue Moon, the contaminated colonies next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. In this area, hazardous chemical have also been buried and continue to contaminate the underground aquifers.
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  • On September 29, 2014, the day of former Union Carbide Warren Anderson’s death in Vero Beach, Florida, at the age of 92 and still absconding from India courts wanting him in relation to the ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, angry Bhopalis are demonstrating in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, by spitting on an image of the deceased, reputed the man mostly responsible for the catastrophe that changed Bhopal forever.
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  • Young men are celebrating the festival of Janamashtami, the birthday of Hindu God Krishna, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A girl, followed by younger children, is buying a balloon from a local vendor passing near the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • An injured dog is sitting on the pavement in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A young boy is running home under heavy rain in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A boy is jumping while others are about to start a game of cricket around the abandoned evaporation pool (left) that was once used by Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) next to their industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Thousands tons of hazardous chemical waste are still buried in various spots around this area of Bhopal.
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  • Meenakshi, 7, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from a gas-affected mother, is being washed by Sorom Bai, 35, in their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A young boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder is taking part to a community meeting organised by The Bhopal Medical Appeal near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • Children are playing on a cart, while crossing a small flooded road in Oriya Basti, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, a water-affected colony located near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • By burning a 'corporate man' statue, an effigy of unregulated, dangerous capitalism and exploitation, Bhopalis are demonstrating in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the 29th anniversary since the disaster, December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • In the early morning, a young girl is carrying her crying sibling towards their home by the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Siddhesh, 12, a boy suffering from severe celebral palsy is sitting on a toilet bowl inside his home in Nariyal Kheda, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Siddhesh's father has abandoned him years ago. His mother is also suffering from mental retardation, and they now live with Siddhesh's maternal grandfather on the meagre pension he has earned after working as a civil servant. In 1984 Siddhesh's mother survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Rachna, 8, (right) a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is riding the Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre's bus with her sister, Reena, 12, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Rachi, 7, a disabled girl affected by microcephaly and myoclonic epilepsy, is being restrained with a cord to her ankle by her mother Jyoti Yadav, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', in order to keep her from wandering off on her own and being at risk of abuse and danger, while inside their home near Saifiya College, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • By burning a 'corporate man' statue, an effigy of unregulated, dangerous capitalism and exploitation, Bhopalis are demonstrating in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the 29th anniversary since the disaster, December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A girl is playing with a red ball during celebrations for the Dussehra Festival in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the 1984 Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) gas disaster.
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  • A newborn is lying inside an incubator at the children's ward of Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Poonam, 11, is standing inside her family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • After having washed her hair, Poonam, 13, (left) is waiting for chai tea to be served by her oldest sister Arti, 19, while sitting on the floor of their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • (right to left) Jyoti, 11, Poonam, 10, and their older sister Arti, 16, are warily observing their friend and neighbour, Pooja, 16, connecting electric cables near Poonam's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • After a long day in school with her older sister Jyoti, 14, Poonam, 13, is relaxing inside their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies of Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Jyoti, 14, (left) and her younger sister Poonam, 13, (right) are praying before starting lessons inside a classroom of the cozy, private school they regularly attend since 2011, located close to their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The two girls are studying in Year 6, out of 12, in 2015-16.
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  • Poonam, 9, (front) is running away from her sister Jyoti, 10, (left) while playing with friends on the streets of Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Poonam, 12, (right) is celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, next to her oldest sister Arti, 18, in the front yard of their family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Ashia, 31, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is lifting her disabled son Anas, 11, a boy affected by severe cerebral palsy, while inside their home in Aishbag Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Sharma Khan, 31, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is applying some talco on the face and neck of her disabled daughter Sufiya, 7, a girl affected by severe cerebral palsy, while in their home in Shajahanbad, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • With great effort, Farida Sultan, 44, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is lifting Azhar, 16, one of her two severely disabled sons affected by severe muscular dystrophy, while inside their home in Shahjahanbad, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Mohammed Mohsin, 14, a boy suffering from severe cerebral palsy, is being fed water by his mother, a '1984 Gas Survivor', inside a public hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A mother is feeding breast milk to her malnourished child (right) while lying on the floor of a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A malnourished child is sitting on the floor of a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A boy holding a US flag on his hat is walking on the street and listening to music in Lower Manhattan, New York, USA, on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the Word Trade Centre.
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  • Thomas F. Metz, 63,.Lieutenant General US Army (retired) is portrayed at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington DC, USA. He was assigned the role of commander in Baghdad for the Joint Task Force, (JTF) and he oversaw all military operations in Iraq at the time, including the Battles for Fallujah in April and November 2004.
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is looking after his newborn daughter with his wife, inside their home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004. ......
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is holding his newborn daughter with his wife, inside their home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004. ......
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  • John Daniel Shannon, 48, a former US Army Senior Sniper, is walking Miko, his loyal Akita dog, with his wife, Torrey Shannon, 42, near his home in Westcliffe, CO, USA, where he retired with his family after a serious brain injury inflicted by an insurgent sniper in Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on November 13th 2004. Daniel fought during the Second Battle of Fallujah and was then moved to nearby Ramadi. Daniel lost his left eye and has multiple health issues because of his injury: memory problems, balance problems, he can't smell and taste well anymore, he suffers from PTSD, has  troubles with large crowds and city surroundings. This is the reason why he and his family moved to a quiet location on the Rocky Mountains. In 2007 Dan helped the Washington Post to uncover patients' neglect at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center; he also testified before Congress. Torrey, his wife, is a freelance writer and a contributor for the Huffington Post; she's also campaigning to improve the situation of veterans' families.
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  • The Purple Heart belonging to John Daniel Shannon, 48, a former US Army Senior Sniper, is hanging on a wall of his home in Westcliffe, CO, USA, where he retired with his family after a serious brain injury inflicted by an insurgent sniper in Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on November 13th 2004. Daniel fought during the Second Battle of Fallujah and was then moved to nearby Ramadi. Daniel lost his left eye and has multiple health issues because of his injury: memory problems, balance problems, he can't smell and taste well anymore, he suffers from PTSD, has  troubles with large crowds and city surroundings. This is the reason why he and his family moved to a quiet location on the Rocky Mountains. In 2007 Dan helped the Washington Post to uncover patients' neglect at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center; he also testified before Congress. Torrey, 42, his wife, is a freelance writer and a contributor for the Huffington Post; she's also campaigning to improve the situation of veterans' families.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • Ready for another day in the cozy, private school they have been attending since 2011, Jyoti, 11, (left) and her younger sister Poonam, 10, (right) are about to leave their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies of Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • On Children's Day 2014, November 14, Poonam's sister Jyoti, 13, is arguing with a classmate over a piece of chalk, while playing around near a blackboard, inside a room of the cozy, private schooll the sisters regularly attend since 2011, located by their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Poonam, 9, is leaning on her desk during a lesson in a cozy, private school located by her newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Poonam, 12, (centre) is sitting with her sister Jyoti, 13, (left) on the floor of the cozy, private school they regularly attend since 2011, located by their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • Poonam, 11, (centre) her older sister Arti, 17, (left) and their young friend Dipshika, 4, (right) are applying a Bindi decoration to their forehead while inside the family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. A Bindi is a forehead decoration worn in South Asia. Traditionally it is a bright dot of red colour applied in the centre of the forehead close to the eyebrows.
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  • Poonam, 6, is revelling in the heavy monsoon rain in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. When the monsoon rain falls every year, it seeps through the buried, hazardous waste of Union Carbide, before proceeding to pollute the area's underground water reservoirs.
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  • Shajad Khan, 56, is portrayed inside his home in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Shajad has been employed with Union Carbide in the city for 10 years, (1974-1984) first working as a packaging assistant and then assuming a managerial position in the same department.
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  • Apesha, 4, a child presenting a severe physical and mental disability, is participating to a physiotherapy session inside Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • Meenakshi, 5, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from a gas-affected mother is portrayed inside her home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the former Union Carbide industrial complex. Over 30.000 people are here at risk by the ongoing underground water contamination.
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  • Children are being assisted at the Chingari Trust in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located only minutes away from the former Union Carbide factory. Chingari Trust offers assistance, education, physiotherapy and advice to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or being fed highly contaminated water since a very early age, when the body is more likely to be affected and suffer irreparable damage.
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  • A patient is waiting for a medicinal Ayurvedic mix to be prepared by a physician at the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Sambhavna offers free medical services to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Industrial Disaster and has more than 30.000 registered patients.
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  • Neha, 7, is standing in the entrance of her home in Indira Nagar, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradeh, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. Neha was born blind, suffering from a neurological disorder, and due to the insufficient care she regularly receives, she developed an eyes and skin infection, and severe malnutrition. Neha shares a single room with no windows with three sisters and one younger brother: Bushra, 14, a girl affected by down syndrome, Nisha, 12, Fiza, 17 and Sohel, 9. Their father left their home in September 2013 and never contacted them anymore; their mother died in 2011. In 1984 she survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Cars are passing by a advertisement about mirrors, on the road of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, city of the infamous ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, a tragic event that today continues to consume people's lives.
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  • A large cement water tank is standing behind makeshift homes in New Arif Nagar, one of the contaminated colonies next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Rachi, 7, a disabled girl affected by microcephaly and myoclonic epilepsy, is receiving speech therapy while laying on the floor of 'Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre', one of two vital medical institutions funded by 'The Bhopal Medical Appeal' in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Pupils from a government-run school are walking back home through the impoverished New Arif Nagar colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Vehicles are stuck in traffic because of a heavy rainfall ahead of monsoon season, in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A young boy is playing a small drum near his home, in a water-contaminated colony of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'.
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  • A boy, surrounded by some young friends, is selling corn from his family's cart, parked along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A boy is smiling while walking with his goat along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A tank is standing abandoned inside the derelict Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, a tragic event that today continues to consume people's lives.
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