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  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 near Churchgate Station, central Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
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  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 near Churchgate Station, central Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
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  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 in a shop on the streets of Shivaji Nagar, a Muslim neighbourood on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
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  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 near Churchgate Station, central Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
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  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 in a shop on the streets of Shivaji Nagar, a Muslim neighbourood on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
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  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 near Churchgate Station, central Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
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  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 in a shop on the streets of Shivaji Nagar, a Muslim neighbourood on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
    SZ_Cricket_India_Alex_Masi_4.jpg
  • Indians are watching the national cricket finals 2009 in a shop on the streets of Shivaji Nagar, a Muslim neighbourood on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, on May 24th 2009. The match, played in the South African city of Johannesburg, was won by the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 2009 cricket finals where played in South Africa because of national elections that were scheduled for the same period.
    SZ_Cricket_India_Alex_Masi_1.jpg
  • Palestinian woman taking part at the celebration for the first anniversary of the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian Authority (PA) headquarter, last residence and burial site of Yasser Arafat, in the Palestinian capital Ramallah, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2005. Here a mausoleum and a museum in his honour will be built soon. **ITALY OUT**
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  • Marina Rassokha, 50, of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', is discussing some video settings with Yaroslav, 10, and his mother Olga, 36, inside a community meeting place in support of internally displaced persons. (IDPs) Yeroslav is taking part to the UNICEF-sponsored One Minute Junior project for internally displaced persons (IDPs), carried out by the local NGO 'Ukrainian Frontiers' in the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, in the east. The conflict between Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists nearby, in the Donbass region, have left more than 10000 dead since April 2014, including over 1000 since the shaky Minsk II ceasefire came into effect in February 2015. The approximate number of people displaced by the conflict is 1.4 million as of August 2015. Yeroslav’s mother, Olga, is also a participant to a different project of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', called 'Self-Employment', first as a beneficiary, and now as a paid hotline coordinator for people seeking jobs and formation courses.
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  • With his mother Olga, 36, Yeroslav, 10, (left) is showing his photo/video-recording drone to a young friend, inside a community meeting place in support of internally displaced persons. (IDPs) Yeroslav is taking part to the UNICEF-sponsored One Minute Junior project for internally displaced persons (IDPs), carried out by the local NGO 'Ukrainian Frontiers' in the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, in the east. The conflict between Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists nearby, in the Donbass region, have left more than 10000 dead since April 2014, including over 1000 since the shaky Minsk II ceasefire came into effect in February 2015. The approximate number of people displaced by the conflict is 1.4 million as of August 2015. Yeroslav’s mother, Olga, is also a participant to a different project of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', called 'Self-Employment', first as a beneficiary, and now as a paid hotline coordinator for people seeking jobs and formation courses.
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  • Yaroslav, 10, is using his UNICEF video-camera while visiting 'Ukrainian Frontiers', inside a community meeting place in support of internally displaced persons. (IDPs) Yeroslav is taking part to the UNICEF-sponsored One Minute Junior project for internally displaced persons (IDPs), carried out by the local NGO 'Ukrainian Frontiers' in the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, in the east. The conflict between Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists nearby, in the Donbass region, have left more than 10000 dead since April 2014, including over 1000 since the shaky Minsk II ceasefire came into effect in February 2015. The approximate number of people displaced by the conflict is 1.4 million as of August 2015. Yeroslav’s mother, Olga, is also a participant to a different project of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', called 'Self-Employment', first as a beneficiary, and now as a paid hotline coordinator for people seeking jobs and formation courses.
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  • Using a computer, Marina Rassokha, 50, of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', is reviewing some video made by Yaroslav, 10, while inside a community meeting place in support of internally displaced persons. (IDPs) Yeroslav is taking part to the UNICEF-sponsored One Minute Junior project for internally displaced persons (IDPs), carried out by the local NGO 'Ukrainian Frontiers' in the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, in the east. The conflict between Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists nearby, in the Donbass region, have left more than 10000 dead since April 2014, including over 1000 since the shaky Minsk II ceasefire came into effect in February 2015. The approximate number of people displaced by the conflict is 1.4 million as of August 2015. Yeroslav’s mother, Olga, is also a participant to a different project of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', called 'Self-Employment', first as a beneficiary, and now as a paid hotline coordinator for people seeking jobs and formation courses.
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  • Marina Rassokha, 50, of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', is discussing some of the video she just reviewed with Yaroslav, 10, and his mother Olga, 36, inside a community meeting place in support of internally displaced persons. (IDPs) Yeroslav is taking part to the UNICEF-sponsored One Minute Junior project for internally displaced persons (IDPs), carried out by the local NGO 'Ukrainian Frontiers' in the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, in the east. The conflict between Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists nearby, in the Donbass region, have left more than 10000 dead since April 2014, including over 1000 since the shaky Minsk II ceasefire came into effect in February 2015. The approximate number of people displaced by the conflict is 1.4 million as of August 2015. Yeroslav’s mother, Olga, is also a participant to a different project of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', called 'Self-Employment', first as a beneficiary, and now as a paid hotline coordinator for people seeking jobs and formation courses.
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  • Using a computer, Marina Rassokha, 50, (left) of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', is reviewing some video made by Yaroslav, 10, as his mother Olga, 36, is overlooking while inside a community meeting place in support of internally displaced persons. (IDPs) Yeroslav is taking part to the UNICEF-sponsored One Minute Junior project for internally displaced persons (IDPs), carried out by the local NGO 'Ukrainian Frontiers' in the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, in the east. The conflict between Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists nearby, in the Donbass region, have left more than 10000 dead since April 2014, including over 1000 since the shaky Minsk II ceasefire came into effect in February 2015. The approximate number of people displaced by the conflict is 1.4 million as of August 2015. Yeroslav’s mother, Olga, is also a participant to a different project of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', called 'Self-Employment', first as a beneficiary, and now as a paid hotline coordinator for people seeking jobs and formation courses.
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  • With his mother Olga, 36, Yeroslav, 10, (centre) is showing his photo/video-recording drone to a young friend inside a community meeting place in support of internally displaced persons. (IDPs) Yeroslav is taking part to the UNICEF-sponsored One Minute Junior project for internally displaced persons (IDPs), carried out by the local NGO 'Ukrainian Frontiers' in the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, in the east. The conflict between Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists nearby, in the Donbass region, have left more than 10000 dead since April 2014, including over 1000 since the shaky Minsk II ceasefire came into effect in February 2015. The approximate number of people displaced by the conflict is 1.4 million as of August 2015. Yeroslav’s mother, Olga, is also a participant to a different project of 'Ukrainian Frontiers', called 'Self-Employment', first as a beneficiary, and now as a paid hotline coordinator for people seeking jobs and formation courses.
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  • After having collected a load of Shea nuts each to help supporting their families, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (left) and her classmate Rahima Ibrahim, 11, (right, not sisters) are walking back to their village with some water to bring along to their school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • After having collected a load of Shea nuts each to help supporting their families, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (left) and her classmate Rahima Ibrahim, 11, (right, not sisters) are walking back to their village with some water to bring along to their school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • After having collected a load of Shea nuts to help supporting her family, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (centre) is leaving her home with some water to bring along to her school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is portrayed during a break from collecting a load of Shea nuts to help supporting her family, in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is collecting Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is collecting Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is walking back to her village to attend school, after having collected a load of Shea nuts to help supporting her family, in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • Before the sunrise, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (left) is getting ready to leave her home and collect Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi, (left) and her wife (right) are listening to some of their collaborators at the PVCHR headquarters in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Lenin's grandfather was a freedom fighter in India's fight against the British. His father was a communist, so he names all of his children after famous communists: Mao, Che Guevara, Stalin, Lenin and Raul. Lenin used to be a doctor in Ayurveda and modern medicine but quit because of the inherent corruption he witnessed. He founded PVCHR in 1996. The charity organises workshops, supports victims during trial and with the police, and promotes education and gender equality.
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  • After having collected a load of Shea nuts to help supporting her family, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (centre) is holding one of her school notebooks before leaving her home to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • After having collected a load of Shea nuts to help supporting her family, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (centre) is carrying them in the courtyard of her home before getting ready and leaving to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is collecting Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (right) and her classmate Rahima Ibrahim, 11, (left, not sisters) are walking back to their village to attend school, after having each collected a load of Shea nuts to help supporting their families, near Boggu village, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is collecting Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is collecting Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (right) her classmate Rahima Ibrahim, 11, (left, not sisters) and an older girl are walking towards a field where they will collect a load of Shea nuts to help supporting their families, near Boggu village, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is collecting Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is collecting Shea nuts to help supporting her family, before returning to her village to attend school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • In the early morning, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is portrayed during a break from collecting a load of Shea nuts to help supporting her family, in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • Hassana Ibrahim, 11, (right) her classmate Rahima Ibrahim, 11, (left, not sisters) and an older girl are walking towards a field where they will collect a load of Shea nuts to help supporting their families, near Boggu village, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • A leprosy patient is talking to a doctor at the clinic supported by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Children are about to leave class after a day spent a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.A leprosy patient is talking to a doctor at the clinic supported by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Bharti Gupta, 32, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is looking at the correct way to fit the lower legs' supports used daily by her disabled son Unnati, 6, a boy affected by a severe neurological disorder, before leaving their home in Pashpa Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, in order to attend Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, located near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • The young nephew of Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi is standing near a Welcome sigh inside the PVCHR headquarters in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Lenin's grandfather was a freedom fighter in India's fight against the British. His father was a communist, so he names all of his children after famous communists: Mao, Che Guevara, Stalin, Lenin and Raul. Lenin used to be a doctor in Ayurveda and modern medicine but quit because of the inherent corruption he witnessed. He founded PVCHR in 1996. The charity organises workshops, supports victims during trial and with the police, and promotes education and gender equality.
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  • After having collected a load of Shea nuts to help supporting her family, Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is walking back to the village with some water to bring along to her school in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • Axole, 15, is but one of millions of children neglected by their families or orphans living in South Africa.
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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 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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  • A woman is being evacuated to a helicopter in Bakhmut, a town in eastern Ukraine’s conflict zone, carrying her to a better hospital in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. She was wounded when a sniper bullet hit the van she was travelling on in Zaitseve, close to the frontline, as she was bringing humanitarian aid to civilians alongside another volunteer, who was also injured.
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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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  • 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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  • Pupils attending Boggu Primary School are standing in a line while waiting for a nutritional meal available under the School Feeding Program run by the local NGO SEND, in the courtyard of the small rural institution that Hassana Ibrahim, 11, is attending, in Boggu, Tamale, northern Ghana.
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  • Afreen, 17, a member of the Red Brigades, is performing during a street play promoting awareness about women’s condition in India, on the streets of Madiyaw colony, Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh. The Red Brigades are a group of young women led by Usha, 25, who after an attempted rape began talking about abuse with her students, aged around 14 to 18 years old. Usha founded the Red Brigades in November 2010. They perform in self-written plays on gender equality around villages and cities, take part to protests and also teach self-defence classes. Most of the girls in the group have experienced some kind of abuse in their past. They sing words such as "all sisters are breaking all the rules, boundaries, come to bring a new world, change will come," and "for how long do we have to go through this?" and "the country has freedom, but girls do not have freedom."
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  • David Raphael, 35, is showing the scars left on his body by a bomb blast on 24th December 2010. The explosion damaged the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a Christian Catholic church located in the Christian-dominated neighbourhood of Kabong, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
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  • A lone Muslim woman is walking by a series of destroyed homes in Dutse Uku, pop. 40.000, a Muslim-dominated neighbourhood in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Residents of Dutse Uku clashed and were attacked by a neighbouring Christian community after local government elections in 2008. 380 houses were destroyed, and around 20 people were killed. All Christians have since then left their homes within the community, in order to resettle in Christian-dominated areas of the city.
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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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  • 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, 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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  • Julia Paevska is bringing presents and talking to teachers at a kindergarten in Myronivs’kyi, a small town near the frontline of eastern Ukraine.
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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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  • (name changed) Kanchan Kumari Sharma, 12, is standing insider her home in Sersiya Kekrahi village, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, India. In 2012, Kanchan went with a friend to bring lunch to her father, around 2 km away from her home. On the way they met Rajesh (rapist) and Ashok, a friend of his. Both girls were picked up on the spot using an excuse. Ashok drove Kanchan's friend home, but Rajesh forced Kanchan to travel with him during six days and for hundreds of kilometres across different states. (Mirzapur / Chennai / Itarsi / Bhusawal) He raped her once behind the station in Itarsi. With great effort and some coincidence, the uncle of Kanchan managed to bring her back home. Although she was scared, she insisted on going to the police to file a case (FIR). She was kept at the police station for 12 days and threatened to prevent her from filing an official case. Ashok and Rajesh are from higher caste and wealthy families. While Rajesh spent 24 days in jail initially in summer 2012, he is now a free man while the trial is still going on. Kanchan's family is now struggling to put together 30.000 Indian Rupees (500 USD) to continue battling for justice in court.
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  • .A teacher is taking care of a child just arrived in the morning to the school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India..
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  • Vasilevich Kopylov, 75, (left) is standing next to his broken door with one of his neighbours, in the frontline town of Avdiivka, where he resides alone in eastern Ukraine.
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  • Now studying pedagogy and psychology, a young Ukrainian soldier named Vadim, 24, lost his left-arm and both legs when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) hit the armoured vehicle he was driving in February 2015. He is portrayed while residing at the 'Ukrainian Scientific Experimental Institute for Prostheses and Rehabilitation' in Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, in eastern Ukraine.
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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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  • 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, 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, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Julia Paevska is hugging a girl attending kindergarten in Myronivs’kyi, a small town near the frontline of eastern Ukraine.
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  • Soldiers are practising aim with a tank near their base in Myronivka, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
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  • Julia Paevska is leading a first-aid course for soldiers at a military base in Myronivka, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
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  • In the evening, members of ASAP are talking outside of their caravans, set up at the Mayorsk base near the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
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  • Julia Paevska is visiting a small military base named ‘zamok’, Ukrainian for ‘castle’, in Luhanske, between Ukraine-controlled Bakhmut and the separatist-held town of Debaltseve.
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  • The Commander of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian army is riding a BMP (infantry fighting vehicle) in Myronivs’kyi, in order to reach his positions on the frontline with pro-Russia separatists.
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  • Julia Paevska is leading a first-aid course for soldiers at a military base in Myronivka, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
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  • After loosing his right leg to a mortar round landing next to him in July 2016, Oleksandr Pivnev, 20, is undergoing rehabilitation practises at the 'Ukrainian Scientific Experimental Institute for Prostheses and Rehabilitation' in Kharvik, the country’s second-largest city, in the east. He was wounded after only three months of serving in the army. He took the oath at 17 and now wishes to return active in the army and work as an instructor for younger soldiers.
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  • Poonam is looking outside while standing by the entrance of her 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) 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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  • Jyoti, 13, (centre) is laughing with her sister Poonam, 12, (right) while completing their homework as their older sister Arti, 18, is applying nail polish, (left) sitting on the floor of 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'. The two girls are studying in Year 6, out of 12, in 2015-16.
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  • (left to right) Ravi, 14, Sanjita, 41, Poonam, 12, Arti, 18, and Jyoti, 13, are sitting together watching television inside their newly built home in Oriya Basti, a water-affected urban colony of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Arti, 15, Poonam's eldest sister, (front) is taking stitching lessons 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, 10, (centre) is playing a game on the new generation smartphone belonging to Neelam, 32, Alex Masi's translator, while Jyoti, 11, (right) Poonam's sister, and Ravi, 12, (left) their older brother, are watching over, eager to try. The children now live in a 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'. After being in constant touch with the family since 2011, Neelam has become a trusted friend to rely on for any serious problem or advice.
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  • Sachin, 18, (centre) Poonam's oldest brother, is cooking corn the family is now selling, while sitting on his father's trolley, bought with part of the money donated by 'The Photographers Giving Back Awards' in 2011, in order to improve the family's quality of life, near their 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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  • While in the process of combing her hair, Poonam, 11, (bottom) is helping her brother Ravi, 13, to decorate their family's newly built home before the celebrations for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, 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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  • 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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  • While having an afternoon chai tea, Poonam, 13, (right) is reviewing school homework with her older sister Jyoti, 14, sitting with their older brother Ravi, 15, 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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  • Poonam, 10, (right) and her older sister Jyoti, 11, are having an argument while completing some homework on the floor 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, 10, (left) and her older sister Jyoti, 11, are walking hand in hand near 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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