A child tries to awaken his mother from a diseased sleep in a refugee camp in Zaire.
Child labor is not a new issue in Bangladesh as children here remain one of the most vulnerable groups living under threats of hunger, illiteracy, displacement, exploitation, trafficking, physical and mental abuse. Although the issue of child labor has always been discussed, there is hardly any remarkable progress even in terms of mitigation. Many of these children are engaged in various hazardous occupations in factories.
Though usually upbeat, this Iraqi boy was sensitive about his appearance. One afternoon, when he saw other children staring at him, the boy became angry and upset. Nurses sought to soothe him by taping a felt tip pen to this arm so he could draw pictures. Saleh drew an airplane dropping bombs, as that is what lead him to his current condition.
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