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A village on the road through rural Honduras

Boat and Ulun Danu temple, in Bali

Slot canyon in Antelope Canyon (Page, Arizona)

La carretera to Len

Fifteen year old Nodi is a bonded sex worker (Chhukri) in brothel in Faridpur. She was sold to the brothel by her stepmother. Many of the girls working in this brothel are given Oradexon, a steroid, b

Last Dance - A nice couple dance to their favorite song they enjoyed during their high school years. Music never dies.

Blurred people in front of the Taj Mahal.

The champion at the World Masters Surf Competition at Playa Colorado.

This is the most desired place to the inhabitants of Mirpur slum in Dhaka city. For water, in this thirsty zone queue stars from midnight. After an excruciating time of patience all they get is
pollu

Kids playing in the sea. Bali

Scripps Pier in La Jolla, California

Nine years old Shakils job is to make balloons. In the time of making these colorful toys, he himself mixes by those powder ingredients. His works usually done after the sunset.

Sadhu in Varanasi

Mamones by the Laguna de Apoyo.

A boy from Ulingeros family at work in the toxic charcoal area for a few pesos in
Manila. At the charcoal factory, the environment is hazardous. Here, fire burning and black
smoke always are polluti

The flag of Nicaragua on the fort at Coyotepe.

Slot canyon in the Antelope Canyon area of Page, Arizona

Chess in the park of downtown Masaya.

Father and son in Bangkok

Sobuj (23) fights desperately to save his bus, his just partially-paid investment and his familys livelihood, set ablaze by angered student protesters from a local university.

A break from the piata.

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Nine years old Shakils job is to make balloons. In the time of making these colorful toys, he himself mixes by those powder ingredients. His works usually done after the sunset.

Nine years old Shakils job is to make balloons. In the time of making these colorful toys, he himself mixes by those powder ingredients. His works usually done after the sunset.

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Narayanganj, Bangladesh

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10.2010

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