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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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  • 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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  • 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 tragedy. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A .Puja. (worship) for good auspices is taking place inside a newly opened tailor shop in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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  • Children are playing with raindrops during a storm in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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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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  • 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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  • The contorted legs of Faizan, 14, are a clear example of the dangers faced by the children and their families living in Arif Nagar, one of the many impoverished colonies of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located dangerously near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Faizan has recently deceased.
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  • A girl is jumping in the air with her hands towards the sky while playing with a flying toy 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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  • 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 sitting around a Ganesha shrine during the Gampati Festival, dedicated to the famous Indian God with an elephant's head, 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 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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  • 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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  • Kholiswa, 2, a HIV+ girl is portrayed in her bad at Thembacare HIV+ children's care hospice in Athlone, Cape Town. Her skin marks the signs of Antiretroviral (ARVs) treatment against the HIV virus.
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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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  • Children are roaming in the streets of Langa township, an impoverished area of Cape Town. Poverty and AIDS are collaborating in the creation of millions of orphans throughout the whole of Africa. Many of them will end up committing crimes, prostituting or living on the street. Numerous organisation provides now help for street children, but without an integral and reliable governmental response to the crises, it can't be solved. International donors should provide help targeted at developing poor areas and employment, in unison with fighting HIV/AIDS and carrying on education programmes.A greater distribution of ARVs and poverty alleviation would also enhance to chances of the parents to educate and love their children. Living with HIV means also not dying  prematurely, leaving young children where they were struggling to survive.
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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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  • The ExPERT Centre building, a new wing of the University of Portsmouth, on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Portsmouth, England. The 'Patient Simulators' can bleed, breathe, drool and even speak, and are being used by students at the state-of-the-art new training centre. They cost 270.000 USD each and are able to simulate all sort of acute conditions, including heart attacks. The 'Patient Simulators' are housed at a $9 million USD centre which opened few weeks ago. Students and professionals from different health-care disciplines simulates conditions to then act and provide the right treatment, while the 'patient' will react accordingly. www.port.ac.uk/expertcentre  **Italy Out**
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  • Sachin, 18, a boy suffering from a severe leg paralysis due to the consumption of contaminated water in early age, is sitting inside his home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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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'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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  • 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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  • Meenakshi, 7, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from a gas-affected mother is kissing her only doll while inside her home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide industrial complex.
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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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  • 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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  • Pupils are attending celebrations for India's Independence Day 2012 in front of their school in one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • The tank that in 1984 leaked the poisonous gas-cloud that invested the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, in 1984, killing thousands, is laying abandoned among overgrowing vegetation in a yard inside the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, a tragic event that today continues 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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  • 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 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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  • Shezadi Bee, 59, an activist for the ICJB (International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal) is recounting her dramatic, sorrowful story while sitting on the floor of their office in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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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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  • While a train is passing by, two young boys are arguing near piles of garbage and a makeshift toilet set up  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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  • 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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  • Three siblings (top left) are observing their mother offering a plate of milk to three small cats, (bottom left) while another young girl is defecating (right) in front of their home near 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 lone man is walking on the side of the abandoned evaporation pool (right) 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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  • 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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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, two Muslim boys are walking under the rain inside the Taj-ul-Masajid, one of Asia's largest mosques, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • An Indian man is smocking a cigarette while waiting for a commercial train to pass 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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  • A girl is looking out of the window of a bus travelling in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, 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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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, blind Muslim beggars are waling 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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  • 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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  • Aliyar, 18 months, a boy suffering from a severe case of hydrocephalus, is lying in the arms of his mother, Roxana, 31, inside the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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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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  • The Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex is lying abandoned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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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 disabled child is awaiting therapy inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A boy is eating .Panipuri. form a local street vendor in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony 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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  • Vegetables are laying inside a home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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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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  • Women are collecting water on the streets of Blue Moon, one of the water-contaminated colonies next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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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 disabled child is receiving speech therapy inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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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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  • The abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex looms over the impoverished Blue Moon Colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Raj, 7, a child suffering from a severe neurological disorder is sitting on the lap of with his mother, Poona Bai, 40, 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 / Getty Grant for Good
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  • In the early morning, a boy is leaning on his mother's back, while she sets up a small fire by burning pieces of coal and some wood, in front of their home 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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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, a group of boys with a stick are trying to force a stray cat to move away from the rugged metal root of a stall selling bread and sweets 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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  • 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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  • Children suffering from various disorders are exercising with a therapist (right) inside Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, a local NGO caring for disabled children 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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  • 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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  • A boy is playing with a red balloon on the streets of 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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  • Disabled children attending Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre are demonstrating in Bhopal, city of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy, in Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the eve of the 29th anniversary since the disaster, on December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • The tank that once leaked the poisonous gas-cloud that invested the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, in 1984, killing thousands, is lying abandoned in the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, still standing.
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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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  • Shabana, 30, is deep in thoughts while looking after her young disabled daughter, Sufiya, one and a half years old, while lying on a bed inside their home in Kabar Kana, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Sufiya is Shabana's first child and the family is now scared of considering further pregnancies. Sufiya suffers from a neurological disorder causing severe seizures and slow development. She is not able to eat or swallow food naturally, and is surviving only on water and milk. As a toddler, in 1984 Shabana survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Tasleen, 26, the mother of Zubin, 3, a severely disabled girl, is soothing her suffering daughter inside their home in 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. Zubin has deceased.
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  • A mother is drying her sweat while sitting with her son on the floor of Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, a local organisation caring for disabled children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, 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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  • From the room she is relegated to during the day, Rachi, 7, a disabled girl affected by microcephaly and myoclonic epilepsy, is looking out onto the street in Bhopal, central India. During the day, Ranchi is restrained with a cord to her ankle, in order to prevent her from wandering off alone and being at risk of danger and abuse.
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  • Crying and sick with high fever, Firdaus Haneef, 16, a girl affected by severe cerebral palsy, is being comforted by her mother, Asma, 35, a '1984 Gas Survivor', while sitting on the floor of their home in Bapu Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is being washed by his mother inside their home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • A woman is collecting her dry laundry while neighbours are enjoying a fresh afternoon on the roofs of their homes, standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, (visible in the top/right) site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster' in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is pointing his finger towards the light, indicating to his mother that he wishes to be taken outside, while in his home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • A young boy is crying for attention inside a makeshift house 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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  • A girl is walking barefoot next to a woman collecting water from a broken municipal pipe running near a drain in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies standing close to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Houses are build in corrugated iron and wood in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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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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  • Mxolisi, 2, a HIV positive child living in Langa township, Cape Town, is portrayed in his home.
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  • Nozuko, a HIV+ woman living with her son Thulani, 5, is standing in fron of the home in the township of Philippe, an impoverished area of Cape Town.
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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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  • Working with clay at a non governmental centre is providing some revenue for the people living in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Mama Ester is playing with two of the children at her creche in Khayelitsha township in 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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