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PRIVATE 53 | HOPE
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PRIVATE 53 | HOPE
The photos in this volume are personal records of events that have taken place in the physical world. They are…
Hans Durrer | Hope
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Hans Durrer | Hope
Since we are living, to a large part, in a socially constructed world – think of the legal system or…
Ernesto Benavides | Fallout of the guano fever
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Ernesto Benavides | Fallout of the guano fever
The imbalance between need and consumerism has upset the equilibrium of nature. But in the current scenario, people are forced…
Eduardo Martino | Modern-day Slavery in Brazil
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Eduardo Martino | Modern-day Slavery in Brazil
Modern-day slavery in Brazil is very different to the kind practised during the colonial era. Brazil was the last country…
Julien Pebrel | Sulina, the European Far-East
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Julien Pebrel | Sulina, the European Far-East
At 0 km from the Danube, Sulina’s old lighthouse is only a symbol. The eastern gate of the European Union…
Zalmaï | The human cost of the war on terror in Afghanistan
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30 June 2011
Zalmaï | The human cost of the war on terror in Afghanistan
Ten years after the world promised to rebuild Afghanistan, its people are again losing hope. In the course of these…
Matt Eich | Carry Me Ohio
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30 June 2011
Matt Eich | Carry Me Ohio
Once known for its bounty of coal, salt, clay and timber, Southeastern Ohio was stripped of its resources by the…
Marco Garro | Under the shadow
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Marco Garro | Under the shadow
The small towns from the Andes were the most affected during the internal armed conflict that Peru had to face…
Luca Catalano Gonzaga | Gold fever
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Luca Catalano Gonzaga | Gold fever
Gold in Burkina has become the most exported product in the country overtaking cotton. In the last year 11 thousand…
Saiful Huq Omi | The Disowned and the Denied
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30 June 2011
Saiful Huq Omi | The Disowned and the Denied
Suffering from severe human rights violations, the stateless Rohingya refugees of Burma have taken refuge around the world. After Burma…
Michele Borzoni | Christian minority in Pakistan
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Michele Borzoni | Christian minority in Pakistan
With 1.6% of the population and some 3 million believers, the Christian minority in Pakistan is the second largest religious…
Kathryn Cook | Memory of Trees
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Kathryn Cook | Memory of Trees
In the early 1900s, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, a fiercely nationalistic “Young Turks” movement took power. With the Empire’s…
Jean-Marc Caimi | Musina crossing
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30 June 2011
Jean-Marc Caimi | Musina crossing
Zimbabwe ranks 169 out of 169 countries in the Human Development Index 2010. Unemployment in the country reaches a rate…
Brigitte Grignet | Chiloé – La Cruz del Sur
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30 June 2011
Brigitte Grignet | Chiloé – La Cruz del Sur
In 1974, I was six. I was in Belgium and I had never heard words such as “exile” or “dictatorship”.…
Martina Cristofani | Gregorio
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30 June 2011
Martina Cristofani | Gregorio
This is a story about a man whose name is Gregorio Lanciotti. He’s a shepherd in the Mountain of the…
Alexandros Demetriades | Cyprus Identity
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30 June 2011
Alexandros Demetriades | Cyprus Identity
Cyprus remains a divided country despite its ‘borders’ opening between North and South in 2003 and its accession to the…
Bénédicte Kurzen | Egypt Freedom of Speech
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30 June 2011
Bénédicte Kurzen | Egypt Freedom of Speech
After 30 years of emergency laws and the “Charter of Principles”, which was drafted by Arab information ministers in Cairo…