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Describing the story behind this image, photographer Greg Kinch wrote: "I remember seeing this man holding his baby son. The scene stood out because one doesn't see that many men in the village of La Merced. They often leave to find jobs in large…

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This small boy works long hours in the Muslim quarter of Jaipur, India, inside a dark, dust-filled room where gems are polished. He should be in school but works to earn money to help his family survive.
Canada has for many years supported action…

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At the Blace border crossing, Kosovars are admitted into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the first days of the NATO air campaign against the former Yugoslavia in March 1999. These few refugees would swell into the tens of thousands as…

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Refugees are all too common in the modern world. Rarely, however, do we see how they live. This Kosovar Albanian family, one of thousands who fled their homes in the conflict of the late 1990s, shared this small temporary shelter with three,…

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Light from a window illuminates a small group of preschool pupils and their teacher, Madhu Ben Balu Sing Chohan, in a rural Gujarat classroom in western India. Madhu, who only had six years of schooling herself, reaches out to gently guide a small…

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This young girl should be in school, but she is not. Instead, she spends part of her day scavenging in the ruins of Kabul for any objects that might bring in a little money for her struggling family. She stands there, wearing a discarded evening…

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Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine experienced deeper economic slowdowns than other former Soviet republics. During the recession of the 1990s, Ukraine lost 60 percent of its gross domestic product. Inflation soared as…

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Daybreak dawns on October 28, 1994, in Mozambique. This is a very special day: it is the first time Mozambique has held democratic elections.
In the village of Boane, west of the capital, Maputo, hundreds of voters wait for the polling station,…

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This boy lived in Winterveldt, north of Pretoria, South Africa. He played on a street fenced by barbed wire. This neighbourhood was just one of many that experienced violence and civil unrest during the turbulent times when apartheid laws had just…

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The light in this beautiful photo illuminates the universal bond between mother and child. Set in a UNICEF-funded mother-child health centre in Phnom Penh, the image captures a serious moment. However, we have the feeling that the baby, having…
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