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  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - AUGUST 21: Rohingya are seen during a rainstorm at Nayapara refugee camp on August 21, 2019 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees said on August 21st that they did not want to return to Myanmar without their rights and citizenship, as repatriation is set to start on August 22nd. August 25th marks the second anniversary of the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. Myanmar's military crackdown on the ethnic Muslim minority forced over 700,000 to flee to Bangladesh from violence and torture. The United Nations has stated that it is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • Local women swim in the ocean in Guraidhoo, Maldives. The Maldives is one of the world's lowest-lying countries; more than 80% of the Maldives’ land is less than one meter above sea levels, making it extremely vulnerable to climate change. At current global warming rates, 80% of the Maldives could be submerged by 2050. At the recent UN General Assembly, when discussing the threat of climate change, Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said “There is no guarantee of survival for any one nation in a world where the Maldives cease to exist.” (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
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  • SHERPUR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 21: Habiba and Rumana post for a photo on the road outside their village on September 21, 2021 in Sherpur, Bangladesh. Rumana was 12 or 13 when she joined the Hijra community. She was born with incomplete genitals and never felt or acted like a boy. She liked to dress like a girl, play with girls, and was always attracted to boys. Rumana met a Hijra group in the market when she was 12 year old and they invited her to join them. {quote}There are two parts of Hijra life; the bad, people bully and hate us. But the positive is that we life together, eat together, have community.{quote} Habiba says {quote}I am also a human being, I have a right to live life as a Hijra and I should not be deprived of that.{quote} She was always bullied in school for acting feminine so she dropped out in class 6. She met some Hijras in a market and joined them when she was very young. In South Asia, “hijras” are identified as a category of people who are assigned as male at birth but develop a feminine gender identity. They are generally outcasted from mainstream society, and have no other way of earning money other than harassing and extorting people for money. A new government initiative aims to change that. Recently, 40 Hijra were given homes, grants, loans, livestock, and livelihood training in an effort to make them self sufficient. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • A young child collects coal illegally from local open mines in Jharia, Jharrkhand, India, February 12, 2010. Women and children as young as 5 years old scavenge daily at the open and underground mines Jharia. The coal fields here were once used by companies, but then abandoned. The coal was exposed to the atmosphere, ignited, and underground fires spread across the towns. Locals in Jharia live over dozens of these underground coal fires that pump out toxic fumes and form fire pits that have led to several deaths and collapsed homes. They work alongside the fires, breathing fumes for up to 9 hours a day. The coal they collect earns them around $1 a day at the local markets. With coal scavengering a primary source of income for many residents, a proposed government relocation of residents is being met with resistance. Coal supplies 70% of India's energy and the largest concentration of the country's coal fields are in Jharrkhand.
  • Muslim devotees arrive to Tongi on the last day of the annual Bishwa Ijtema in Tongi, Bangladesh. The Bishwa Ijtema is the second largest gathering of Muslims in the world, after the Hajj, and is organized by World Tablig Council, which preaches teachings of Islam and prophet Mohammad. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • A woman sits on a seawall in Palu, Indonesia.
  • Ishita poses for a photo at the Shaka Surf Club April 9, 2016 in Kodi Bengre, India
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  • DHAKA, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 25: Models are seen backstage before TRESemmé Bangladesh Fashion Week on January 25, 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • Jamalida is seen in her makeshift house that she shares with 4 other refugees in 2017 in Kutalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Jamalida, who is 16 years old, came to Bangladesh 1 month ago from Shilkhali village in Myanmar. She says that one day in December the military moved into her village and started occupying the mosque and beating or killing whoever came in. {quote}One day they attacked our home. I wasn't able to flee in time and they caught me and tied my hands and legs with rope. For 3 hours, 4 soldiers took turns raping me until I lost consciousness.{quote} When she woke up she fled to Bangladesh, where she made her way to Kutalapong refugee camp. {quote}I never had peace in Burma and this last incident was horrible. Here, I feel peace. I can sleep well here, I can go outside safely. In Burma, I couldn't go outside and I wasn't safe in my home. We don't have enough food here, but at least we have peace.{quote} she says {quote}Every night when I sleep I have nightmares and I relive the rapeagain”
  • Biju puts on gloves before a performance
  • A child sits outside his tent while his mother cooks in the Malakpur relief camp in the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Riots between Muslims and Jat Hindus broke out at the end of August and lasted until the beginning of September, 2013. More than 55 people were killed, hundreds were injured, at least 6 women were gang raped, and almost 50,000 people fled to relief camps in the immediate aftermath. The cold winter has led to the death of over 34 children in the relief camps. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)
  • Girls try to talk to a customer outside their bar in a red light district in PattayaWith entry into Thailand still restricted, and relatively few tourists able to enter, a good living has turned into a bad one for the country's sex workers.
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - AUGUST 12: Kabir Ahmed, who is suffering from jaundice, is carried home after seeing a doctor due to lack of funds and transportation, in a Rohingya refugee camp on August 12, 2021 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. On Tuesday, Bangladesh started a COVID-19 vaccination drive for Rohingya refugees. Nearly 48,000 Rohingya refugees will be inoculated with the help of the UN agencies. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - AUGUST 12: A Rohingya refugee who is suspected to be suffering from COVID-19 sits in a hospital in a Rohingya refugee camp on August 12, 2021 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. On Tuesday, Bangladesh started a COVID-19 vaccination drive for Rohingya refugees. Nearly 48,000 Rohingya refugees will be inoculated with the help of the UN agencies. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • A mosque that was damaged in the earthquake is seen in Palu, Indonesia. Photo by Allison Joyce
  • Buddhist monks wear face shields amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 as they collect alms in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand has more than 1,500 confirmed COVID-19 cases and has entered a state of emergency in order to take stronger measures against the spread of the virus. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • Cyrus Fakroddin and his pet goat Cocoa take a taxi ride in New York. Cocoa is a 3-year-old Alpine Pygmy mixed goat who lives with Cyrus in Summit, New Jersey. They frequently take trips into Manhattan to enjoy the city. Fakroddin has raised Cocoa since she was 2 months old and treats her like a human. {quote}She doesn't like goats, she doesn't like farms, she likes the people and the city.{quote} Fakroddin said.
  • Ishita surfs April 9, 2016 in Kodi Bengre, India
  • Navirethan Sujitha works at Muhamalai, one of the biggest minefields in the world in Muhamalai, Sri Lanka. In 2009 Sujitha's village, Uruthirapuram village, was heavily shelled and she the military moved in and took her and her family to a camp. Her husband was not home at that time and is presumed dead. After more than a year she was allowed to return home. She joined HALO Trust in 2010 and her first job was to clear landmines from her own village. She is the sole breadwinner of her family and her salary supports her, her mother, daughter and niece.
  • he body of 35 year old Amena, who died of Covid-19, is taken on a stretcher at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh enacted a nationwide lockdown on July 1st in an effort to contain a third wave of Covid, as cases have surged, fueled by the Delta variant first detected in neighboring India. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • High heels are seen as prayer takes place
  • A vendor waits for customers at Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has to repay about $2 billion in foreign debts before the end of 2021. The shortage of foreign currency caused by a pandemic recession has hindered the ability of the government to import goods. Prices for essential items, including food and cooking gas, have soared. The government has asked India for a loan for petrol and diesel. Some analysts say that Sri Lanka may be forced to seek a bailout.
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  • Intro
  • Portraits
  • Photojournalism
    • Singles
    • Circus
      • India's Rambo Circus
      • Growing up in the Bangladesh Circus
    • The Bangladesh Surf Girls
    • The Hijra Village of Bangladesh
    • Eid During Covid
    • Child Marriage & Sex Trafficking in Bangladesh
    • Sri Lanka's Missing
    • The Scars of War
    • The School For Child Brides
    • Meghalaya; Where Women Rule
    • Thailand's Sex Workers
    • Rohingya
      • Singles
      • Rape Survivors Speak Out
      • The Widow's Village
      • Child Marriage
      • "I'm Better Than Before, But Inside My Heart Lies So Much Pain"
      • The Rohingya Community of Chicago, USA
  • NGO Work
    • Singles
    • Rohingya
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