This little girl is leaving school in Taknaf, Bangladesh. The photojournalist doesn’t tell us anything about her but Taknaf is the only place Bangladesh connects with Burma (Myanmar) by a small river called the Naf & it is the locale where thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Burma are being refused entry & asylum in Bangladesh. Forced to return to extreme state-sponsored violence in Burma, some Rohingyas have abandoned infants in Bangladesh, hoping they would find mercy. The right of children to grow up in a world free of hatred & conflict isn’t a pipe dream; it’s a mandate. (Photo by Saurabh Das/AP)
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