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  • Before lessons begin, Poonam, 12, (left) and her sister Jyoti, 13, (right) are standing on the street facing 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, 13, (centre) is having her homework checked by a teacher, while sitting on the floor of a classroom inside the cozy, private school she regularly attends with her older sister Jyoti, 14, since 2011, and 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'.
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  • Among other pupils, Poonam, 9, (centre/front) her brother Ravi, 11, (right/front) their sister Jyoti, 10, (right/back) are praying on their very first day in a cozy, private school 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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  • Dark clouds are raising over the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, two Muslim brothers selling bread and sweets are embracing inside their stall in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Two boys are collecting grass for their family’s goats inside of a large evaporation pool once used by Union Carbide for their industrial wastewater, next to Blue Moon, one of 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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  • Disabled children are participating to a physiotherapy session inside the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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  • Patients are awaiting to receive Ayurvedic medicines in Sambhavna Clinic, the local NGO caring for the victims of gas and contaminated water in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A child is wearing a Hanuman mask during the Dussehra Festival celebrations in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the 1984 Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) gas disaster.
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  • Apesha, 4, is participating to a physiotherapy session with her mother, (left) inside the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • Two girls are playing on one of the hazardous, and now sealed, hand-pumps in 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.
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  • In the early morning, Muskhan, 12, is playing with her scarf in front of her 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. Muskhan does not attend school or ay sort of practical education.
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  • A boy is holding a hen while others are playing around the abandoned evaporation pool 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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  • A young girl is carrying a child across a muddy path 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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  • Next to her older sister Jyoti, 13, Poonam, 12, (right) is washing dishes in front 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, 12, (centre) is walking with her mother Sangita, 41, (right) and her older sister Jyoti, 13, out shopping on a street close to 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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  • Arti, 19,  (left) is talking to relatives on the family's mobile phone while her youngest sister Poonam, 13, is standing next to her, in the court yard 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's older sister Jyoti, 14, is playing with a bowl of fresh rice while lying on the floor of 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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  • On Children's Day 2014, November 14, 2014, Poonam's sister Jyoti, 13, is arguing with a classmate over a piece of chalk, while playing around near a blackboard inside the cozy, private school Poonam and she 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'. The two girls are studying in Year 6, out of 12, in 2015-16.
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  • Poonam, 9, is standing inside her old home, where she lived until June 2011, on the day Alex and the young girl have met again, after his image of her, sitting under the heavy rain, was granted 5000 US dollars by 'The Photographers Giving Back Awards', in Sweden, destined towards her wellbeing, 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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  • Poona Bai, a '1984 Gas Survivor',  40, is holding her son Raj, 7, a boy affected by a severe neurological disorder, while making Indian chai tea for her family in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Poona Bai, 40, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is holding her son Raj, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder, while standing in front of their home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Fundile, 30, a HIV+ woman, is praying the Lord in her home in Philippe township, Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty. Her son, Kunnele, 2, is also HIV+.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Kameeza Bee, 60, a widow 'gas-survivor' now suffering from cancer, is sitting on the floor of her home in Nawab, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Kameeza and her family fed on contaminated underground water until 2010, when some pipeline was installed reached her home.
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  • Muslim children are studying inside a small Madrassa (Islamic school) in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, a girl is adjusting her headscarf while walking in line in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • The Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex is lying abandoned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • The Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex is lying abandoned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A woman is tending to the fire, in the late afternoon, on the streets of Oriya Basti, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the 1984 Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) gas disaster.
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  • Aadite, 9, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder and malnutrition, is eating a curry of potatoes while sitting on the floor of his home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradeh, 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. Aadite's father, Raju, a 1984 gas survivor, died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Aadite now lives in a small room with his mother, Lakshmi, 29, who works six days a week as a cleaner, his two sisters Mayuri, 12, Mahag, 7, and his younger brother Anuj, 5. None of the siblings in this family is attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • A woman's hand decorated with henna is touching the red brick wall, during 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. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, Indian Muslims are praying inside the Taj-ul-Masajid, one of Asia's largest mosques, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Two women are walking past the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Indians are observing the firework display 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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  • Children are playing along a municipal drain in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies 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 trying to unknot a cord to her ankle, used by her mother Jyoti Yadav, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', to keep her from wandering off alone, and being at risk of abuse and danger, while inside their home in Bhopal, central India.
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  • Poonam, 12, (centre) and her sister Jyoti, 13, behind her, are praying before lessons begin, while standing inside a classroom 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'. The two girls are studying in Year 6, out of 12, in 2015-16.
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  • Children at the Sijongephambili creche, in the impoverished area of Lwandle township, Somerset West, Cape Town, are posing for a group picture.
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  • On the outskirts of Khayelitsha township people are getting busy on the road. Table Mount and Lion's Head, two icons of Cape Town, are visible in the background.
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  • Mxolisi, 2, a HIV positive child living in Langa township, Cape Town, is portrayed in his home.
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  • A nurse is applying ear disinfectant to a young girl at the Thembacare HIV care hospice in Athlone, Cape Town.
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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, 13, (right) is reviewing her homework and her older sister Jyoti, 14, is reaching her schoolbag for a pen, 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, 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, 14, is combing her hair while sitting on the floor of 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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  • Babies who died as a consequence to the '1984 Gas Disaster', caused by the negligence of the American corporation Union Carbide, (now DOW Chemical) over thirty years ago, are exhibited in a special section of the Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal, central India. Almost half of the pregnant women exposed to Union Carbide's killer gas aborted spontaneously.
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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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  • Women are working on the premises of Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Ikai, a union of 'gas-affected women', of which Rashida Bee, 56, is the the president, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Rashida Bee, 56, (centre/front) the co-funder of Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre for disabled children, is working the premises of Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Ikai, a union of 'gas-affected women', of which she is also the president, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Suraj, 7, a child born with severe mental and physical disabilities from gas-affected parents, is using a medical chair to sit straight while a volunteer and his mother are playing with him, on the floor of Chingari Trust in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The 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 to suffer irreparable damage.
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  • In the afternoon, children are playing around while women are going about their daily routine, in front of their modest homes 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 girl is busy collecting potable drinking water delivered by a government truck in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies 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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  • 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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  • Raj, 7, a child suffering from a severe neurological disorder is being held by his mother, Poona Bai, 40, in front of their home 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 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, 6, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from a gas-affected mother, is lying on the dry ground in front of her home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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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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  • 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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  • Ravi, 11, Poonam's older brother, is relaxing on a bed, while eating biscuits inside his family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Poonam, 13, (left) and her oldest sister Arti, 19, having a cup of Indian chai tea, are relaxing 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, 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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  • 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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  • Shacks are seen from a window of Mama Ester's creche in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Thulani, 5, a HIV positive child living in Philippe township, Cape Town, is standing on the side of the road. He is living with his mother and relatives in a small wooden shack.
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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, 13, (left) is playing a game on the family's mobile phone while her older sister Jyoti, 14, is chatting with her and having fun with a carton box, 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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  • Jyoti, 10, (left) is embracing her older sister Arti, 15, while Poonam, 9, (right) is playing around next to them, in the front yard 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, 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 and her family are living 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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  • Fist up towards the sky, Rashida Bee, 57, (centre) is demonstrating along other 1984 'survivors' next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, on the evening of the 29th anniversary since the infamous 'Gas Disaster', on December 2, 2013. Rashida Bee is the founder of 'Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre', one of two vital medical institutions funded by 'The Bhopal Medical Appeal'.
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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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  • Dark clouds are raising over the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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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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  • Children's toys are laying inside the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex Copyright: Alex Masi
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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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  • 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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  • 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’, Sathyu Sarangi, founder of ‘Sambhavna’ a free clinic for ‘Gas Survivors’, is giving a TV interview in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, next to an image of the deceased, reputed the man mostly responsible for the catastrophe that changed Bhopal forever.
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  • In the early morning, boats are anchored next to the city’s MP Tourism Boat Club, on Bhopal’s Upper Lake, (or Bhojtal) Asia’s largest artificial lake, built by Parmara Raja Bhoj during his tenure as a king of Malwa (1005–1055), in 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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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is looking towards the light outside while lying on the floor of his home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies standing near 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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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is lifting his tiny arm while lying on the floor of his home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies standing near 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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