"Portfolio Selection I - Monochrome" (by Edwin Koo)

Refugees wait for tea at Sheik Yasin camp, Mardan, Pakistan. More than two million refugees poured out of Swat Valley when the army launched a massive offensive against Taliban militants in early May 2009. The exodus of refugees was Pakistan's largest since the Partition in 1947.

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:07:38 +0000

Refugees wait for tea at Sheik Yasin camp, Mardan, Pakistan. More than two million refugees poured out of Swat Valley when the army launched a massive offensive against Taliban militants in early May 2009. The exodus of refugees was Pakistan's largest since the Partition in 1947.
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Swat refugees Anas, 4, Shahid, 1, and Abbas, 8, huddle onto a wooden bed, in a room shared by nine people. About 90 percent of the two million Pakistanis displaced by the conflict live with host families, living on the kindness of kin or paying hefty rents in the already-crowded cities. Unseen by the public or the media, relief aid seldom reaches these families.

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Swat refugees Anas, 4, Shahid, 1, and Abbas, 8, huddle onto a wooden bed, in a room shared by nine people. About 90 percent of the two million Pakistanis displaced by the conflict live with host families, living on the kindness of kin or paying hefty rents in the already-crowded cities. Unseen by the public or the media, relief aid seldom reaches these families.
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Sher Zaman, 50, squeezed 10 people into his LPG-powered auto-rickshaw on his flight from Swat Valley to the city of Mardan. More than two million refugees poured out of Swat Valley as th army launched a massive offensive on Taliban militants in early May 2009. The exodus of refugees is the Pakistan's largest since the Partition in 1947.

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Sher Zaman, 50, squeezed 10 people into his LPG-powered auto-rickshaw on his flight from Swat Valley to the city of Mardan. More than two million refugees poured out of Swat Valley as th army launched a massive offensive on Taliban militants in early May 2009. The exodus of refugees is the Pakistan's largest since the Partition in 1947.
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Fauziah Aminullah, 35, a Muslim from Shaidul Sharif, Swat, coos her baby to sleep, in a church in Mardan.

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Fauziah Aminullah, 35, a Muslim from Shaidul Sharif, Swat, coos her baby to sleep, in a church in Mardan.
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In Badokhr, Uttar Pradesh, women are still condemned to a life of early marriage, uncontrolled pregnancies and a lack of social status. Uttar Pradesh, India.

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In Badokhr, Uttar Pradesh, women are still condemned to a life of early marriage, uncontrolled pregnancies and a lack of social status. Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Nazmeen, 21, is seen in the reflection of a pool of water in the muddy tracks. Khabar Lahariya reporters make daily runs to far-flung, poorly-connected villages, to distribute newspapers and report stories. Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Nazmeen, 21, is seen in the reflection of a pool of water in the muddy tracks. Khabar Lahariya reporters make daily runs to far-flung, poorly-connected villages, to distribute newspapers and report stories. Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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A young lama carries the portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama during the Buddhist festival of Chotrul Duchen - commemorating Buddha's victory over his Indian rivals in a contest. Ironically, this year's Chotrul Duchen falls on 11 March - a day after anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising of 1959.

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A young lama carries the portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama during the Buddhist festival of Chotrul Duchen - commemorating Buddha's victory over his Indian rivals in a contest. Ironically, this year's Chotrul Duchen falls on 11 March - a day after anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising of 1959.
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Tibetan protesters shouted anti-Chinese slogans and demanded a "Free Tibet" at Boudha in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepalese authorities, eager to please their Chinese neighbour, enforced watertight security to prevent a repeat of large-scale protests in 2008.

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Tibetan protesters shouted anti-Chinese slogans and demanded a "Free Tibet" at Boudha in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepalese authorities, eager to please their Chinese neighbour, enforced watertight security to prevent a repeat of large-scale protests in 2008.
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Tenzin Ngawang, 7 months old, represents an emerging third generation of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. His mother, Dickyi Yangchen, 35, was born in the same Jampaling Tibetan Refugee Camp, while his grandmotger, Sichung, 65, was only 15 years old when she fled Tibet.

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Tenzin Ngawang, 7 months old, represents an emerging third generation of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. His mother, Dickyi Yangchen, 35, was born in the same Jampaling Tibetan Refugee Camp, while his grandmotger, Sichung, 65, was only 15 years old when she fled Tibet.
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Su Na Dorje, 26, herds his horses from the hills back home. In the two months of winter, when the fields are left to fallow, Su Na heads out with his horses to the neighbouring Sichuan province to chop firewood to provide for the next year's needs. Ah Gu Wa, Yunnan, China.

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Su Na Dorje, 26, herds his horses from the hills back home. In the two months of winter, when the fields are left to fallow, Su Na heads out with his horses to the neighbouring Sichuan province to chop firewood to provide for the next year's needs. Ah Gu Wa, Yunnan, China.
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Zha Ba and Na Zhu have supper with their daughter La Mu, 3, and also Na Zhu's family, after performing at the Mosuo Cauldron Fire Evening. Although they practise "walking marriage", Zha Ba gets to see his daughter very often, unlike most Mosuo men from the last generation. Luoshui. Yunnan, China.

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Zha Ba and Na Zhu have supper with their daughter La Mu, 3, and also Na Zhu's family, after performing at the Mosuo Cauldron Fire Evening. Although they practise "walking marriage", Zha Ba gets to see his daughter very often, unlike most Mosuo men from the last generation. Luoshui. Yunnan, China.
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Cier Zhima, 73, the matriarch of a Mosuo household, poses for a picture before heading off once again for the fields. Aguwa, Yunnan, China.

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Cier Zhima, 73, the matriarch of a Mosuo household, poses for a picture before heading off once again for the fields. Aguwa, Yunnan, China.
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Maoist fighter "Bishesh", 24, reports late for morning physical training. Five years after a peace deal was inked to end the decade-long Nepalese civil war, 19,000 former rebels still languish in their camps, awaiting an uncertain fate.

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:56:37 +0000

Maoist fighter "Bishesh", 24, reports late for morning physical training. Five years after a peace deal was inked to end the decade-long Nepalese civil war, 19,000 former rebels still languish in their camps, awaiting an uncertain fate.
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Maoist combatants help to prepare the site for a new telecommunications tower near their camp. They earn a daily wage of 300 rps ($4) to supplement their salaries.

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:57:45 +0000

Maoist combatants help to prepare the site for a new telecommunications tower near their camp. They earn a daily wage of 300 rps ($4) to supplement their salaries.
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"Birat", 22, and kitchen boy Khum Bahadur, 15, stay near a small campfire to beat the winter chill. Five years after a peace deal was inked to end the decade-long Nepalese civil war, 19,000 former rebels still languish in their camps, awaiting an uncertain fate.

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:56:37 +0000

"Birat", 22, and kitchen boy Khum Bahadur, 15, stay near a small campfire to beat the winter chill. Five years after a peace deal was inked to end the decade-long Nepalese civil war, 19,000 former rebels still languish in their camps, awaiting an uncertain fate.
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