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SEPTEMBER 2017Pictures of the daySept.12 -15, 2017

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Shattered by war, Sunni Arabs despair over future in Iraq

In this Friday, July 21, 2017 photo, Younes Abdullah, left, and his nephew Rakan Hamid Jasim stand inside the Chamakor camp for displaced people in Northern Iraq. They both want to return to their homes in the town of Zummar, currently under Kurdish control, but Kurdish security forces don't allow them to return. The two relatives lived under Islamic State rule for almost three years. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 photo, a man walks with a child through the Hassan Sham camp in Northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Sunday, July 25, 2017 photo, the shadows of two boys are seen on the side of a tent inside the Khazer camp for displaced people in Northern Iraq. A poem is written in the side of the tent: "Ask me who I am, I am talking for myself. I am the one who doesn't have a house or a home. I'm the one without relatives and a country. I used to have a house protecting me from the treason of time. In a moment this house collapsed and there's something left for me. I had to choose between the flames of war and the consequences of displacement. I chose displacement and the tent became my home." (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Saturday, July 22, 2017 photo, a family gets water inside the Hassan Sham camp in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 photo, three year-old Saja Salih sleeps in her tent in the Hassan Sham camp for displaced people in Northern Iraq. Saja, her sister and both parents can't return to their home in Mosul because it was destroyed by an air strike. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 photo, Abu Abdullah Fathi from west Mosul sits inside his tent in the Chamokor camp in northern Iraq. Abu Abdullah and his wife and five children can't return to their home in the Tanakneighborhood after it was destroyed by an air strike. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Saturday, July 22, 2017 photo, displaced Sunni Arabs play a game in the Hassan Sham camp in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 photo, seven year-old Ragad Ibrahim from Mosul laughs while standing next to her tent in the Hassan Sham camp in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Friday, July 21, 2017 photo, seven year-old Omar from Mosul flies a kite in the Chamakor camp for displaced people in northern Iraq. Many displaced can't return to their homes in Iraq's second largest city as their houses are destroyed by air strikes. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Friday, July 21, 2017 photo, a boy stands in front of a fence of the Chamakor camp in northern Iraq. Kurdish security forces who control the camp aren't allowing Sunni Arabs to return to their homes, which are now under Kurdish control. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 photo, a girl enters her tent at night in the Hassan Sham camp for displaced people in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Text from the AP news story,

Shattered by war, Sunni Arabs

despair over future in Iraq, by Hamza

Hendawi.

Associated Press writers Salar Salim

in Irbil, Iraq and Sinan Salaheddin in

Baghdad contributed to this report.

Photos by Bram Janssen

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Sept. 12 , 2017

A man swims in a swollen creek as floodwaters continue to rise due to Tropical Depression Maring in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Classes in schools and work in government offices have been suspended in the capital and nearby provinces as heavy rains create flooding in low-lying areas. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Sept 12 , 2017


Young boys collect cans amid the rubble in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. The recapture of eastern Aleppo in December 2016, one of the deadliest episodes of the Syrian civil war, was a landmark victory for Assad's forces in the conflict, now in its seventh year, but it left the area in ruins. (AP Photo/Max Black)

Sept 12 , 2017


Maritza Garrido Lecca, a ballet dancer who hid Abimael Guzman, former leader of Shining Path in her apartment in the 1990s, is freed from prison in Lima, Peru. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

Sept. 12 , 2017


Passengers are seen inside a tram in Kiev,

Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoSept. 12 , 2017


The Proton-M booster blasts off with the Spanish Hispasat�s

Amazonas 5 communication satellite at the Baikonur Cosmodrome,

Kazakhstan. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovSept. 12 , 2017


Fashion model and former refugee Halima Aden, who is breaking boundaries as the first hijab wearing model gracing magazine covers and walking in high profile runway shows poses during a shoot at a studio in New York. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Sept. 12 , 2017


Australian artist Scott Marsh completes a mural

artwork featuring the likeness of former Australian

Prime Minister Tony Abbott marrying himself in a

wedding dress in the Sydney suburb of Redfern,

Australia. AAP/Dean Lewins/via REUTERS

Sept. 12 , 2017


People rest at a glass dome with a greenhouse (or "Glass bark") at the newly opened Zaryadye Park off Red Square in central Moscow, Russia. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Sept. 12 , 2017


A man walks back home in the darkness as many areas of Miami still without electricity after Hurricane Irma strikes Florida, in Little Havana, Miami, Florida. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Sept. 12 , 2017


Wrecked boats that have come ashore are pictured in Coconut Grove following Hurricane Irma in Miami. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Sept. 12 , 2017


Residents wade and ride on pedicabs along a partially flooded road, in Las Pinas Metro Manila as a storm sweeps across the main Luzon island, Philippines. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

Sept. 12 , 2017


People collect water from a broken tube after Hurricane Irma caused flooding and a blackout in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Stringer

Sept. 12 , 2017


Boats wrecked by Hurricane Irma are seen from a plane in SintMaarten, Netherlands. REUTERS/Alvin Baez

Sept. 12 , 2017


Irma's trail of devastation in Florida

Wrecked boats that have come ashore are pictured in Coconut Grove following Hurricane Irma in Miami. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Sept. 12 , 2017


Local residents look inside a collapsed coastal house in VilanoBeach. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Sept. 12 , 2017


A man wades out of flood waters from his house in Bonita Springs. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Sept. 12 , 2017


Sandra Guzman, left, with her daughter Maria Valentine Romero, right, and their friend Rosa Pulito, back, are pictured in front of Sandra's mobile home in Immokalee. REUTERS/Stephen Yang

Sept. 12 , 2017


A destroyed trailer park in Plantation Key in the Florida Keys. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Sept. 12 , 2017


Robert Market, 82, sits in a golf cart in his front yard filled with fallen trees, flood waters, and debris, following Hurricane Irma, near Jerome. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

Sept. 12 , 2017


Two days after Hurricane Irma, Rodriquez Benjamin, 86, stands in the door of his room waiting for help to arrive, without power, food, or water at at Cypress Run, an assisted living facility, in Immokalee. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

Sept. 12 , 2017


A woman takes a photo of a buoy that washed up in Vilano Beach. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Sept. 12 , 2017


Women walk on a damaged beach access ramp in Ponte Vedra Beach. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Sept. 12 , 2017


Apple unveils iPhone X

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone X. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Sept. 12 , 2017


Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, shows the iPhone X and wireless charging base. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Sept. 12 , 2017


Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, shows Animoji during a launch event. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Sept. 12 , 2017


Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone 8 with wireless charging. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Sept. 12 , 2017


Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone 8. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Sept. 12 , 2017


Jeff Williams, Apple COO, talks about the Apple Watch Series 3. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Sept. 12 , 2017


Apple ShowcasePhil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, announces features of the new iPhone X at the Steve Jobs Theater on the new Apple campus on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Sept. 12, 2017


Actor Jennifer Lawrence arrives on the red carpet for the film "Mother!". REUTERS/Mark BlinchSept. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Monday, September 11, 2017

Director Angelina Jolie arrives on the red carpet with

her six children (L-R) Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Pax Jolie-Pitt,

Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Jolie-

Pitt, and Zahara Jolie-Pitt for the film "First They Killed

My Father". REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Sept. 12 , 2017


Rosamund Pike arrives on the red carpet for the film "Hostiles". REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Sept. 12 , 2017


Actress Katherine Waterston arrives on the red carpet for the film "The Current War". REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Sept. 12 , 2017


Buildings damaged in Saint Martin. REUTERS/Alvin Baez

Saint Martin devastated by Irma

Sept. 12 , 2017


People line up to board a plane and leave the island after it was devastated by Hurricane Irma, in Simpson Bay, Saint Martin. REUTERS/Alvin Baez

Sept. 12 , 2017


Houses destroyed in Simpson Bay, Saint Martin. REUTERS/Alvin Baez

Sept. 12 , 2017


People sit aboard a plane to leave the island in Simpson Bay, Saint Martin. REUTERS/Alvin Baez

Sept. 12 , 2017


Dogs are evacuated from the Dutch part of Saint Martin. Netherlands Ministry of Defence/via REUTERS

Sept. 12 , 2017


An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah PorirDwip, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Rohingya flee Myanmar violence

Sept. 12 , 2017


Smoke is seen on Myanmar's side of border as an exhausted Rohingyarefugee woman is carried to the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Sept. 12 , 2017


Rohingya refugees walk on the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Sept. 12 , 2017


Rohingya refugee children are stopped by volunteers as they jostle to receive food distributed by local organizations in Kutupalong, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Sept. 12 , 2017


Librarian Lisette Canals sits at the entrance of her home with her dog next to Cuban flags hung up to dry after Hurricane Irma caused flooding and a blackout, in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Sept. 12 , 2017


Hurricane IrmaAlfonso Jose pulls his son Alfonso

Jr., 2, in a cooler with his wife

Cristina Ventura as they wade

through their flooded street to

reach an open convenience store in

the wake of Hurricane Irma in

Bonita Springs, Fla., Tuesday, Sept.

12, 2017. (AP Photo/David

Goldman)

Sept. 12, 2017


Hurricane IrmaBoats sit on a sea wall near the Naval Station in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Key West, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Sept. 12, 2017


Hurricane IrmaChildren's bicycles are flooded outside

a home as Ezequiel Cruz retrieves

belongings in the aftermath of

Hurricane Irma in Bonita Springs, Fla.,

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. (AP

Photo/David Goldman)

Sept. 12, 2017


Hurricane IrmaJean Chatelier gets a ride from a passing motorist after walking through a flooded street from Hurricane Irma to retrieve his uniform from his house to return to work today at a supermarket in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Chatelier walked about a mile each way in knee-high water as a Publix supermarket was planning on reopening to the public today. "I want to go back to work. I want to help," said Chatelier. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sept. 12, 2017


Hurricane IrmaCherie Ethier sits in her

mobile home with her pets

surrounded by floodwater,

in the Marco Naples RV

Resort in the aftermath of

Hurricane Irma, in Naples,

Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 12,

2017. (AP Photo/Gerald

Herbert)

Sept. 12, 2017


France HurricanesView of the partially buildings destroyed by Irma during the visit of France's President Emmanuel Macron in the French Caribbean islands of St. Martin, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Macron is in the French-Dutch island of St. Martin, where 10 people were killed on the French side and four on the Dutch. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Sept. 12, 2017


France ProtestsSteelworkers from the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Fos-sur-Mer burn flares during a nationwide day of protest against government labor law, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. President Emmanuel Macron's presidency is facing its first big public test, as unions hold nationwide protests against changes to labor laws that they fear corrode hard-fought job security. The prominent CGT union is leading Tuesday's protests, calling for strikes across transport and other public sector businesses and planning some 180 demonstrations. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Sept. 12, 2017


France ProtestsDemonstrators take cover after clashing with police during a protest march against President Emmanuel Macron's new pro-business labor policies in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Macron's presidency is facing its first big public test, as unions hold nationwide protests against changes to labor laws that they fear corrode job security. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Sept. 12, 2017


France WineA worker carries red grapes in a burgundy vineyard during the grape harvest season, in Volnay, central France, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Sept. 12, 2017


Guatemala CorruptionFelipe Sarate Ixcajaya, an indigenous authority from the town of Momostenango, stands outside Congress during a protest against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Lawmakers voted against lifting the president's immunity from prosecution, hours after a congressional commission recommended the protection be withdrawn to open the way for a possible trial on campaign-finance accusations. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Sept. 12, 2017


Guatemala CorruptionAn indigenous woman rests after walking during protests against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Lawmakers voted against lifting the President's immunity from prosecution, hours after a congressional commission recommended the protection be withdrawn to open the way for a possible trial on campaign-finance accusations. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Sept. 12, 2017


Guatemala CorruptionDemosntrators against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales take cover from the rain next to a police line at an entrance of the Congress building in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. On Monday lawmakers voted against lifting President's immunity from prosecution, hours after a congressional commission recommended the protection be withdrawn to open the way for a possible trial on campaign-finance accusations. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Sept. 12, 2017


SyriaA man crosses the road with his bicycle in what was once a rebel-controlled area in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. The recapture of eastern Aleppo in December 2016, one of the deadliest episodes of the Syrian civil war, was a landmark victory for Assad's forces in the conflict, now in its seventh year, but it left the area in ruins. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva)

Sept. 12, 2017


Reuters / Tuesday,

September 12, 2017

The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft

carrying the crew of crew

Joe Acaba and Mark Vande

Hei of the the U.S., and

Alexander Misurkin of

Russia blasts off to the

International Space Station

from the launchpad at the

Baikonur Cosmodrome,

Kazakhstan.

REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Sept. 12, 2017


Argentina Israel NetanyahuIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu is silhouetted against

a facade of the San Martin Palace

of the Argentine foreign ministry,

in Buenos Aires, Argentina,

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.

Netanyahu is on a two-day official

visit to Argentina. (AP

Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Sept. 12, 2017


Greece Tanker PollutionA plastic chair stands on a polluted beach by a big oil spillage on the island of Salamina, near Athens, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Greece's merchant marine minister says clean-up crews are working to contain pollution caused after the small tanker Agia Zoni II sank off Salamina on Sunday, Sept. 10, with a cargo of 2,200 tons of fuel oil and 370 tons of marine gas oil. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Sept. 12, 2017


Oil that leaked from a small oil tanker that sank on September 10, is seen on a beach on Salamina island, Greece. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

Sept. 12, 2017


Two workers stand on a beach covered with oil that leaked from a small oil tanker that sank on September 10 off the shores of Salamina island, in Piraeus, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Sept. 10, 2017


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Oil that leaked from a small oil tanker that sank on September 10 off the shores of Salamina island, is seen at a beach at the suburb of Faliro in Athens, Greece. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis

Sept. 10, 2017


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Sept. 13 , 2017

This image made available by NASA shows the moon Enceladus and the edge of Saturn as seen from the Cassini spacecraft on its descent towards the planet on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The probe disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, after a journey of 20 years. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via AP)

Sept 13 , 2017


Swim GymMother and pup Weddell seals play beneath the ice in east Antarctica. Laurent Ballesta / 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Sept. 13, 2017


Saguaro TwistEarly morning light hits frost

damaged saguaro cacti at the

Sonoran Desert National

Monument in the South Maricopa

Mountains Wilderness, Arizona.

Jack Dykinga / 2017 Wildlife

Photographer of the Year

Sept. 13, 2017


Palestinian children stand behind a fence as people wait for the return of their relatives from the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Sept. 13, 2017


Palestinians stand atop a damaged building as they wait for the return of their relatives from the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Sept. 13, 2017


Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a signing of her new book at Barnes & Noble bookstore at Union Square in Manhattan. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Sept. 13, 2017


A woman covers her nose as she walks past a pile of rubbish as refuse workers strike over job losses in Birmingham, Britain. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Sept. 13, 2017


A model presents creations from The Blonds Spring/Summer 2018 collection during New York Fashion Week in Manhattan. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Sept. 13, 2017


A Syrian woman removes the niqab as she arrives with her family at the Syrian Democratic Forces checkpoint in the eastern of Deir al Zor, Syria. REUTERS/ RodiSaid

Sept. 13, 2017


A worker pastes up an election campaign poster for the upcoming general elections of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) with a headshot of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Sept. 13, 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, September 13, 2017Farmers from the southern state of Tamil Nadu display skulls which they claim are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding good rates for their crops and crop insurance scheme from the government, in New Delhi, India, September 13, 2017. REUTERS/CathalMcNaughton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Sept. 13, 2017


Humanoid robot YuMi conducts the Lucca

Philharmonic Orchestra performing a

concert alongside Italian tenor Andrea

Bocelli at the Verdi Theatre in Pisa, Italy.

REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Sept. 13, 2017


Barcelona�s Lionel Messi celebrates

scoring their third goal with team

mates as Juventus� Gianluigi Buffon

looks dejected. REUTERS/Susana VeraSept. 13, 2017


Rohingya refugee children carry an

old woman in a sling near Balukhali

makeshift refugee camp in Cox's

Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish

Siddiqui

Sept. 13, 2017


Rohingya refugees wait for the food to be distributed by local organisation outside a mosque in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Sept. 13, 2017


A man accused of stealing money from Rohingyarefugees is tied to a tree at a makeshift refugee camp near Balukhali in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Sept. 13, 2017


Rohingya refugees

travel on a truck to

Kutupalang makeshift

refugee camp in Cox's

Bazar, Bangladesh.

REUTERS/Danish

Siddiqui

Sept. 13, 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, September 13, 2017Dildar, 30, a Rohingya refugee woman who said her ear was cut by members of the Myanmar Army, is treated at the Cox's Bazar District Sadar Hospital in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Reports from refugees and rights groups paint a picture of widespread attacks on Rohingya villages in the north of Rakhine by the security forces and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, who have put numerous Muslim villages to the torch. But Myanmar authorities have denied that the security forces, or Buddhist civilians, have been setting the fires, instead blaming the insurgents. REUTERS/Mohammad PonirHossain

Sept. 13, 2017


Bangladesh Myanmar AttacksRohingya Muslim girl Afeefa Bebi, who recently crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her few-hours-old brother as doctors check her mother Yasmeen Ara at a community hospital in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The family crossed into Bangladesh on Sept. 3. Recent violence in Myanmar has driven hundreds of thousands of RohingyaMuslims to seek refuge across the border in Bangladesh. But Rohingyahave been fleeing persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for decades, and many who have made it to safety in other countries still face a precarious existence. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 13, 2017


Bangladesh Myanmar AttacksNewly arrived Rohingya wait for their turn to collect building material for their shelters distributed by aid agencies in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. With Rohingya refugees still flooding across the border from Myanmar, those packed into camps and makeshift settlements in Bangladesh were becoming desperate for scant basic resources as hunger and illness soared. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 13, 2017


Hurricane IrmaClay Atchley takes a rest while fixing up his mother's home that was damaged from Hurricane Irma in Naples, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sept. 13, 2017


Hurricane IrmaMary Della Ratta, 94, sits by a battery powered lantern in her home three days after Hurricane Irma knocked out power in Naples, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. "I don't know what to do. How am I going to last here?" said Della Ratta. The number of people without electricity in the steamy late-summer heat was down to 6.8 million. Utility officials warned it could take over a week for power to be fully restored. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sept. 13, 2017


Hurricane IrmaJeremy Wilson is seen through an American flag as he fixes up the roof of a home belonging to a family member that was damaged from Hurricane Irma in Naples, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sept. 13, 2017


Hurricane IrmaNineve Desronvil, 20, left, and her brother Jeffrey 8, wade through their flooded street trying to catch fish in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sept. 13, 2017


Hurricane IrmaWilta Desronvil shows off the fish she caught in her flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sept. 13, 2017


A boat is seen after being blown from the dock into the marsh after Hurricane Irma passed through in St Marys, Georgia. REUTERS/Chris KeaneSept. 13, 2017


France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on in destroyed building during his visit to the French Caribbean island of St. Martin. REUTERS/Christophe Ena/Pool

Sept. 13, 2017


Florida Keys damage from above

A destroyed marina in Marathon. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Sept. 13, 2017


A sunken boat in Marathon. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Sept. 13, 2017


A destroyed trailer park in Marathon. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriSept. 13, 2017


Boats washed ashore in Marathon. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriSept. 13, 2017


A destroyed trailer park in Marathon. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Sept. 13, 2017


A destroyed marina in Marathon. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Sept. 13, 2017


Battle for Marawi

Reuters / Wednesday, September 13, 2017A government soldier checks his mobile phone in front of damaged houses and buildings as troops continue their assault on clearing operations against the pro-IS militant group which seized Mapandi district in Marawi city, southern Philippines. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Sept. 13, 2017


Smoke billows after a fighter jet plane released a bomb during an airstrike. REUTERS/Romeo RanocoSept. 13, 2017


Government soldiers take a break beside damaged buildings. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Sept. 13, 2017


Damaged houses and buildings are seen as troops continue their assault on clearing operations against the pro-IS militant group. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Sept. 13, 2017


A military truck full of government

soldiers move past damaged

buildings. REUTERS/Romeo

Ranoco

Sept. 13, 2017


Damaged houses and buildings are seen as troops continue their assault on clearing operations against the pro-IS militant group. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Sept. 13, 2017


Government soldiers stand guard in front of damaged buildings as troops continue their assault. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Sept. 13, 2017


Damaged buildings. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Sept. 13, 2017


His youngest toddler, Jumah – named after their second-born who was killed in an air raid in 2015 - was held up by his wife Shamuos. He kissed the protracted palm of Sham, his tiny daughter, who was dressed in a black frock neatly tucked in at the waist with a belt, small white jacket and pink sandals."The policeman told me to wait half an hour to finish the count. I couldn’t wait, I saw the kids through the fence and I did this," he said, waving his hands over his head."The kids ran over. I just wanted to see them, for my heart to go back into its place," the 34-year-old construction worker told Reuters on Wednesday.

Sept. 13, 2017


France Europe PoliticsEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, shakes hands with Former UK Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage, before addressing the members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, to outline his reform plans for the European Union in the so-called State of the Union debate, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Juncker said the European Union is "bouncing back" after a tough decade that's seen much of the 28-country mired in an economic crisis and Britain vote to leave. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Sept. 13, 2017


Germany Frankfurt Auto ShowA Volkswagen Touareg stands upside down in front of the fair ground of the IAA Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The environmental organization Greenpeace installed the car the day before to protest against the car industry. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Sept. 13, 2017


Germany Gloriosa BellWorkers inspect the material during the annual planned maintenance of the Gloriosa bell in the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary) in Erfurt, central Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The Gloriosa is the largest freely swinging medieval bell in the whole world. The tulip-shaped bell is 2,57 meters in diameter, 2,47 meters high and weighs 11,450 kilograms. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Sept. 13, 2017


Anthony Weiner SextingAnthony Weiner, right, and Huma Abedin appear in court in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The couple asked a New York City judge to ask for privacy in their divorce case. (Jefferson Siegel/The Daily News via AP, Pool)

Sept. 13, 2017


China Financial MarketsChinese people take a nap at a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Most Asian stock markets were higher Wednesday after U.S. shares rose on encouraging jobs data while worries about North Korea and twin hurricane disasters eased. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Sept. 13, 2017


India LeopardAn Indian forest guard looks at a leopard they tranquilized and captured from a residence after it was brought in a cage to the state zoological park in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The full grown male leopard entered a residence early Wednesday morning. Conservationists say deforestation is increasingly pushing leopards into populated areas. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Sept. 13, 2017


Slovenia Soccer Champions LeagueSpartak supporters light a flare during the

Champions League soccer match between

Maribor and Spartak Moscow at the Ljudski

vrt stadium, in Maribor, Slovenia, Wednesday,

Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Sept. 13, 2017


Germany Oktoberfest Soccer Bayern MunichBayern's players salut with beer in traditional Bavarian clothes during a photo shooting of a brewing company in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Mueller celebrates his 28th birthday today. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Sept. 13, 2017


France Olympic BidsParis officials unveil a display of the Olympic rings on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Los Angeles will stage the 2028 Games — a pre-determined conclusion that the International Olympic Committee has officially ratified in a history-making vote. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Sept. 13, 2017


Maine Daily LifeA runner gets in her exercise at dawn on Willard Beach, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in South Portland, Maine. The state is enjoying a stretch of pleasant weather with just over a week of summer remaining on the calendar. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Sept. 13, 2017


Atheltics Red Sox BaseballA banner is unfurled over the left field wall during the fourth inning of a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sept. 13, 2017


Cuba Daily LifeA young man looks at the sea sitting on the wall of an old abandoned pool in Cojimar, Cuba, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Sept. 13, 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, September 13, 2017Specialist Cerelai Spencer from Spring Lake, North Carolina, reads her bible while waiting for her unit from the 602nd Area Medical Support Company to depart for St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S., September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

Sept. 13, 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, September 13, 2017The Ford and Virginia Tech research simulated a self-driving vehicle using a �seat suit� to conceal the human driver. This was done to explore pedestrian reaction to external lighting signals that indicate when the vehicle is driving, yielding or accelerating from a stop in Arlington, Virginia. Ford Motor Company/via Reuters

Sept. 13, 2017



Sept. 14 , 2017

Italy Vatican Latin MassA nun takes notes as she attends a conference on the Latin Mass at Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Sept. 14, 2017


TrumpPresident Donald Trump responds to a reporters question as he boards Air Force One with first lady Melania Trump, not shown, for a trip to Florida to meet with first responders and people impacted by Hurricane Irma, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sept. 14, 2017


TrumpMarine One, with President Trump aboard, flies over areas impacted by Hurricane Irma, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in Naples, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sept. 14, 2017


Hurricane IrmaKudy Ann Bell shows off some of the pictures she has coloring while spending time at a special needs shelter, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at Florida International University in Miami, Fla. About 30 people, including staff with the Florida Keys Outreach Coalition for the Homeless from Key West, Fla., were sheltered in a storefront underneath a parking garage on campus. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Sept. 14, 2017


Guatemala JusticeDemonstrators push against an security line of army police as they protest a new penal law approved by Congress, outside the National Palace in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Congress approved legislation that could replace prison sentences of 10 years with fines, and the decision caused outrage because it came as President Jimmy Morales faced accusations of illegal campaign financing during the 2016 election that brought him to power. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

Sept. 14, 2017


Guatemala CorruptionPaper dolls representing lawmakers are burned by anti-government demonstrators in front of the Guatemalan Congress in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Several protests emerged against Guatemala's Congress after it approved legislation reducing the punishment for campaign-finance crimes Wednesday, two days after blocking prosecutors and a U.N. anti-corruption commission from investigating President Jimmy Morales for alleged irregularities during the election that brought him to office. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Sept. 14, 2017


Spain CataloniaCatalan President CarlesPuigdemont walks to the stage to deliver a speech during an event promoting the start of the campaigning for the ballot in Tarragona, about 100 kilometers south of Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Tension is mounting between Catalan and Spain's national leaders as Catalonia's president is set to open the "yes" campaign for a planned referendum on seceding from Spain Thursday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Sept. 14, 2017


Greece Oli SpillWorkers clean a beach from an oil spillage at Faliro suburb, near Athens, on Thursday,Sept. 14, 2017. Greek authorities insist they are doing everything they can to clean up pollution caused by an oil spill following the sinking of a small oil tanker that has left large sections of the Greek capital's coastal areas coated in viscous, foul-smelling oil. (AP Photo/YorgosKarahalis)

Sept. 14, 2017


India Boat CapsizeFootwear of victims lie scattered on the banks after a country boat, background, capsized near Baghpat town in Uttar Pradesh state, India, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. A boat crowded with construction workers capsized in the Yamuna River in northern India early Thursday and more than a dozen people have drowned, officials said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Sept. 14, 2017


Three Kids DeadCandles and stuff animals of a makeshift memorial sit outside an apartment Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, where three children were killed, in West Sacramento, Calif. The children are killed around 9 p.m. Wednesday, and their father Robert Hodges, 33, has been arrested in the deaths that followed a domestic violence altercation with his wife. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rizzo Statue Afro PickPeople walk near Hank Willis Thomas' All Power to All People sculpture in the same plaza as a statue of former Philadelphia mayor and police commissioner Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Sept. 14, 2017


France Tennis Davis Cup SemifinalsFrench players, from the left, Nicolas Mahut,

Pierre-Hugues herbert, Lucas Pouille, Jo-Wilfried

Tsonga and Captain Yannick Noah pose after the

draw for the Davis Cup semi final at the Pierre

Mauroy stadium in Lille, northern France,

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nine-time champion

France will play in the opening singles against

Serbia in the Davis Cup semifinals on Friday. (AP

Photo/Michel Spingler)

Sept. 14, 2017


Marlins Phillies BaseballPhiladelphia Phillies' Cameron Perkins, right, is doused by Tommy Joseph after a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 10-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Sept. 14, 2017


Germany ArtA woman inspects “The Melun Diptych” from the collegiate church of Melunby French painter Jean Fouquet from the 15th century displayed at the Gemaeldegalerie during a media presentation in Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. The exhibition brings the two fragments for the first time together since 80 years.The left panel came into the Gemaeldegalerie in 1896 and the right panel belonged to the Royal Museum of fine arts in Antwerp. The exhibition about the painter Jean Fouquet runs from Sept. 16, 2017 until Jan. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Sept. 14, 2017


China Daily LifeWomen use their smartphones

as they sit near an advertisement for the Beijing

Marathon in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Tens of

thousands of runners are expected to participate in the

annual race on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Sept. 14, 2017


Nearly 3 weeks into Rohingya crisis, refugees still fleeing

A Rohingya Muslim man walks to shore carrying an elderly woman after they arrived on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Bangladesh Myanmar AttacksA Rohingya Muslim man Naseer Ud Din holds his infant son Abdul Masood, who drowned when the boat they were traveling in capsized just before reaching the shore, as his wife Hanida Begum cries upon reaching the Bay of Bengal shore in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya Muslim woman Hanida Begum, right, who crossed over

from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her infant son Abdul Masood

who died when the boat they were traveling in capsized minutes

before reaching shore, as a relative holds Masood's twin brother, in

Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP

Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wails siting beside her relative who fell unconscious after the boat they were traveling in capsized at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. The woman survived. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, walk towards a refugee camp in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin

Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya Muslim woman HanidaBegum, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, kisses her infant son Abdul Masood who died when the boat they were traveling in capsized just before reaching the shore of the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya Muslims walk to shore after arriving on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya Muslim boy froths from the mouth as a man successfully tries to revive him after the boat he was traveling in capsized just before reaching shore at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


A man shakes a Rohingya Muslim boy while trying to revive him after the boat he was traveling in capsized just before reaching shore at Shah PorirDwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, shouts for help as a relative lies unconscious after the boat they were traveling in capsized minutes before reaching shore at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Bangladesh Myanmar AttacksA Bangladeshi boy walks towards a parked boat as smoke rises from across the border in Myanmar, at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. Those who arrived Wednesday in wooden boats described ongoing violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where smoke could be seen billowing from a burning village, suggesting more Rohingya homes had been set alight. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


An elderly Rohingya Muslim man helps a boy get off a boat after they arrived from Myanmar to Bangladesh in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Relatives carry a Rohingya Muslim woman, who fell unconscious when the boat she was traveling in capsized minutes before reaching shore, towards a medical center for treatment at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. The woman survived. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya Muslim women, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wail as a relative lies unconscious after the boat they were traveling in capsized minutes before reaching shore at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. The woman survived. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya Muslim boys, who crossed over

from Myanmar into Bangladesh, dry their

Myanmarese currency after arriving by boat

at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday,

Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya Muslim man walks to shore carrying two children after they arrived on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Those who arrived Wednesday in wooden boats described ongoing violence in Myanmar, where smoke could be seen billowing from a burning village, suggesting more Rohingyahomes had been set alight. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya Muslims walk to the shore after arriving on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh in Shah PorirDwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, carry an elderly woman in a basket and walk towards a refugee camp in Shah PorirDwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya Muslim man Mohammad Islam sits beside the body of his daughter-in-law Anwara Begum who died when the boat they were traveling in capsized minutes before reaching shore in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, mourn for a family member who drowned when the boat they were traveling in capsized minutes before reaching the shore, at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, lies unconscious on the shore of Bay of Bangal after the boat she was traveling in capsized at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Text from the AP news story, Nearly

3 weeks into Rohingya crisis,

refugees still fleeing, by Julhas Alam

and Dar Yasin.

Yasin reported from Shah Porir

Dwip, Bangladesh. AP journalist

David Keyton in Stockholm, Sweden,

contributed to this report.

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to

receive aid distributed by local

organisations at Balukhali makeshift

refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Sept. 14, 2017


Informal mining in Brazil is seen by many as a scourge polluting the Amazon rainforest, poisoning indigenous tribes and robbing the nation of its wealth.

For others it is a way of life.

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4 AUG 2017. CREPURIZAO, BRAZIL. REUTERS/NACHO DOCE

Brazilian garimpos, or wildcat mines, are operated by small crews of men, often caked in red-brown mud and working with rudimentary pans, shovels and sluice boxes that have been used for centuries.More sophisticated operations use water cannons and boats sucking mud from the bottoms of rivers. Regardless of the method, searching for gold and other minerals like cassiterite and niobium is dirty, dangerous and often illegal.

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"Looking for gold is like playing in a casino," said a 48-year-old miner.Miners asked not to be named, saying they feared the police as much of their work is illegal.He started in the wildcat mines as a teenager in the area around Crepurizao — a ramshackle frontier town of 5,000 with a dirt landing strip that is a gateway for informal mining in the region.


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Garimpos are in the spotlight as Brazil debates opening an area known as Renca in the northern Amazon forest to mining, which has met with stiff resistance from environmentalists.Mines and Energy Minister Fernando Coelho Filho argues that licensed mining will be an improvement over the estimated 1,000 people currently mining in the reserve illegally.


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Crepurizao lies hundreds of miles south of Renca, but gives a window into life in the garimpos caught up in the debate.

Living in makeshift homes of wood and plastic, miners in the area ship some 60 kilograms (132 lbs) of gold per month, according to traders.


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That much pure gold is worth millions of dollars on the global market, but high costs and layers of traders in the local market leave most miners living on the brink of poverty.

Basic staples can cost four or five times the price in the nearest city, an eight-hour bus ride away.


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Fuel stations, a general store, a bar, an evangelical church and prostitutes vie for the income and attention of the miners, known as garimpeiros, when they aren't working or lazing in hammocks.

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There are 2,113 licensed garimpo sites in Brazil, according to ministry data, but environmental experts and two government officials, who asked not to be named, said far more small-scale mines skip the licensing and ignore regulations altogether.

In Crepurizao, where mines often cluster close together, it was unclear which operations were licensed.

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The total area worked by garimpeiros in Brazil is thought to be small. But chemicals like mercury, which miners in Crepurizao dump to separate gold from grit, can leave a large footprint of contamination.

In March last year, a government-backed study of indigenous villages in the northern state of Roraima revealed alarming levels of mercury.

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One group of villagers had more than double the level of mercury considered to be a serious health risk - such as damage to the central nervous system, kidneys, heart and reproductive process -detected in their hair.

The Mining and Energy Ministry said a new oversight agency created in a decree by President Michel Temer, now pending congressional approval, would allow more effective government coordination and inspections to restrict illegal mining.

A garimpeiro pours water containing mercury to separate gold from grit and other minerals.

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Congressman Leonardo Quintao, who sits on the committee considering the new agency, said it will be able to raise more funding for oversight. He said the regulations target licensed miners, while illegal mining remains a matter for the police.Still, one Ibama enforcement officer, who was not authorised to speak to the media, said the government had left miners like those in Crepurizao in a precarious limbo."You can't just pull them out of the garimpos and the cities that are living off gold. And the government does not offer them structure and decent conditions," said the officer. "So they're stranded there without the minimum conditions for survival."

WRITING BY JAKE SPRING

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Wildcat gold miner, or garimpeiro, works at a wildcat mine, also

known as garimpo, at a deforested area of Amazon rainforest near

Crepurizao, in the municipality of Itaituba, Para State, Brazil.

REUTERS/Nacho Doce


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A man celebrates to show his support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Zakho, Iraq. REUTERS/Ari JalalSept. 14, 2017


Reuters / Thursday, September 14, 2017A crane operator steers his mobile crane next to a 18 metres wide 'Mega Poster' of Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party CDU after fixing the lights for Merkel's campaign picture for the September 24 general elections in Duisburg, Germany. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Sept. 14, 2017


Sergii Rodionov takes a photograph on his mobile phone from a rooftop in Moscow. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Sept. 14, 2017


A government soldier from the Philippine Marines 1st Brigade patrol takes up position as troops continue their assault on clearing operations against the pro-IS militant group in Marawi city, southern Philippines. REUTERS/Marconi Navales

Sept. 14, 2017


An LA2028 sign is seen on the Los Angeles Coliseum to celebrate Los Angeles being awarded the 2028 Olympic Games. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Sept. 14, 2017


Models Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner talk backstage before walking in the Michael Kors Spring/Summer 2018 collection during New York Fashion Week in Manhattan. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidSept. 14, 2017


Reuters / Thursday, September 14, 2017A member of the Peres family, pays her respect near the wreath-covered grave of the late Israeli President Shimon Peres, during an official state memorial ceremony marking one year since Peres' death, at Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Sept. 14, 2017


Lightning strikes behind Las Vegas Strip casinos as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas, Nevada. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Sept. 14, 2017


Riot police detain protesters during the trial of two Turkish teachers, who went on a hunger strike over their dismissal under a government decree following last year's failed coup, outside of a courthouse in Ankara, Turkey. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Sept. 14, 2017


A destroyed trailer park is pictured in an aerial photo in the Keys in Marathon, Florida. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Sept. 14, 2017


Flood waters engulf a car after

Hurricane Irma in Jacksonville,

Florida. REUTERS/Mark MakelaSept. 14, 2017


Supporters of former Brazilian president

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a rally

after his testimony to Federal Judge

Sergio Moro in Curitiba, Brazil.

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Sept. 14, 2017


Models present creations from Marc Jacobs SS 2018 collection during New York Fashion Week. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Sept. 14, 2017


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

touches a sculpture of three monkeys as

his wife, Akie Abe, and India's Prime

Minister Narendra Modi look on during

their visit to Gandhi Ashram in

Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Sept. 14, 2017


Shakhtar Donetsk's Taison

celebrates scoring their first goal

against SSC Napoli with Darijo

Srna during Champions League

action. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Sept. 14, 2017


The Italian Frecce Tricolori aerobatic squad fly together with a DC-3 aircraft ahead of the Breitling Sion Airshow in Sion, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Sept. 14, 2017


People displaced by violence walk in the banks of Mayu river with their belongings while moving to another village, in Buthidaung in the north of Rakhine state, Myanmar. REUTERS/StringerSept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya refugee faints after a scuffle for food being distributed by local organisations in Teknaf, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiSept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya refugee woman cries as her

relative lost consciousness after a boat

capsized on the shore of Shah Porir Dwip

while crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar

border in Teknaf, Bangladesh.

REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya refugees cook food

outside their temporary shelters at

Thaingkhali makeshift refugee

camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.


Sept. 14, 2017


A Rohingya boy carries a child after

after crossing the Bangladesh-

Myanmar border in Teknaf,

Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad

Ponir Hossain/File Photo

Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya refugees walk on a

muddy path at Thaingkhali

makeshift refugee camp in Cox's

Bazar, Bangladesh.


Sept. 14, 2017


Rohingya refugees take shelter under a

tarpaulin as it rains at Thaingkhali

makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar,

Bangladesh. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Sept. 14, 2017


Government soldiers from the Philippine Marines 1st Brigade patrol past damaged buildings. REUTERS/Marconi Navales

Battle for MarawiSept. 14, 2017


A government soldier from the Philippine Marines 1st Brigade aims his weapon towards a militant position. REUTERS/Marconi Navales

Sept. 14, 2017


Government soldiers from the Philippine Marines 1st Brigade patrol past damaged buildings. REUTERS/Marconi Navales

Sept. 14, 2017


Graffiti is seen at a damaged house in Mapandi village after intense fighting between soldiers and the pro-IS militant group. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Sept. 14, 2017


Real Madrid�s Cristiano Ronaldo

scores their second goal from a

penalty against Apoel Nicosia in

Madrid. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

Sept. 14, 2017


Alexa Scimeca-Knierim and Chris Knierim practice for the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports

Sept. 14, 2017


Migrants on a rubber boat gesture as they are rescued by the SOS Mediterraneeorganisation during a search and rescue (SAR) operation with the MV Aquarius rescue ship (not pictured) in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan Coast. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

Sept. 14, 2017


Reuters / Thursday, September 14, 2017A news report about President Donald Trump's relationship with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) plays on a television as he speaks to reporters in the press cabin aboard Air Force One on his way to Washington after viewing damage from Hurricane Irma in Florida. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Sept. 14, 2017



Sept. 15 , 2017

The Journey EndsAfter 20 years, Cassini is running out of fuel. It will end its mission on Sept. 15, 2017, plunging into Saturn while fighting to keep its antenna pointed at Earth as it transmits its farewell. "In the skies of Saturn, the journey ends, as Cassini becomes part of the planet itself," reads a description of the spacecraft's planned termination on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory website.Above: An artist's conception depicts Cassini as it begins to burn up in Saturn's atmosphere. NASA/JPL

Sept. 15, 2017


The Journey BeginsA 7-year voyage to Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur rocket carrying the Cassini orbiter and the European space Agency's Huygens probe on Oct. 15, 1997.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Summer is ComingSince NASA's Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in mid-2004, the planet's appearance has changed greatly. Saturn's year is nearly 30 Earth-years long and the shifting angle of sunlight as the seasons march forward has illuminated the giant hexagon-shaped jet stream around the north polar region. The subtle bluish hues seen earlier in the mission have continued to fade.This view shows Saturn's northern hemisphere in 2016. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Signs of Life?

Saturn's sixth largest moon, Enceladus, has loomed large in the minds of astrobiologists since 2005, when Cassini first spotted geysers of water ice erupting from "tiger stripe" fissures near its south pole.Scientists think these geysers are blasting material from a sizable ocean buried beneath the satellite's ice shell, indicating that Enceladus has liquid water, one of the key ingredients required for life.NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Saturn Cassini FinaleFlight director Julie Webster reacts in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after confirmation of Cassini's demise Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in Pasadena , Calif. Cassini disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday, following a remarkable journey of 20 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)

Sept. 15, 2017


Sloane Stephens holds up the U.S. Open championship trophy as the lid falls off after she won the women's singles final on Sept. 9 in New York.Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. She easily beat her close friend Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0 to win the tournament, capping a remarkably rapid rise after sitting out 11 months because of foot surgery.The 83rd-ranked Stephens, who beat Venus Williams in the semifinals, is only the second unseeded woman to win the tournament in the Open era, which began in 1968.Nick Didlick / AP

Sept. 15, 2017


Frank Giaccio, 11, mows the grass in the Rose Garden at the White House on Sept. 15, in Washington. Giaccio, from Falls Church, Virginia, wrote a letter to Trump expressing admiration for Trump's business background and offered to mow the White House grass.Frank was so focused on pushing the lawn mower, he didn't notice Trump had emerged to greet him until the president was next to him in the Rose Garden.PHOTO: Grassroots Appeal: Kid Mows White House Lawn, Gets Presidential VisitWin McNamee / Getty Images

Sept. 15, 2017


President Trump welcomes 11-year-old Frank Giaccio as he cuts the Rose Garden grass. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Sept. 15, 2017


A car drives past a boat washed up in Marigot in the island of Saint Martin. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Saint Martin after Hurricane IrmaSept. 15, 2017


Residents stand around destroyed houses on St. Martin. REUTERS/Christophe Ena/Pool

Sept. 15, 2017


Aerial view of St. Martin. REUTERS/Christophe Ena/Pool

Sept. 15, 2017


A woman walks past debris in Marigot, Saint Martin. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Sept. 15, 2017


Buildings affected by Hurricane Irma in Marigot, Saint Martin. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Sept. 15, 2017


Blast in London underground

Personal belongings and a bucket with an item on fire inside it on the floor of an underground train carriage at Parsons Green station in West London. Sylvain Pennec/via REUTERS

Sept. 15, 2017


Personal belonglongs and a bucket with an item on fire inside it on the floor at Parsons Green station. SYLVAIN PENNEC/via REUTERS

Sept. 15, 2017


An injured woman reacts outside Parsons Green tube station. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

Sept. 15, 2017


An injured woman is led away after an incident at Parsons Green underground station. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Sept. 15, 2017


Members of a bomb disposal squad work at a van near Parsons Green tube station in London. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

Sept. 15, 2017


Britain Subway IncidentA police forensic officer walks beside the train where an incident happened, that police say they are investigating as a terrorist attack, at Parsons Green subway station in London, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. A bucket wrapped in an insulated bag caught fire on a packed London subway train Friday, sending commuters stampeding in panic at the height of the morning rush hour. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Sept. 15, 2017


Koln's Lukas Klunter in action with Arsenal's Sead Kolasinac. Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

Sept. 15, 2017


Thousands of participants wear green t-shirts provided by the National Catalan Assembly (ANC) during a rally on Catalonia's national day 'La Diada' in Barcelona, Spain. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Sept. 15, 2017


Police Shooting St LouisProtesters yell at the law enforcement officers at the old courthouse steps as they march down, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in downtown St. Louis, after a judge found a white former St. Louis police officer, Jason Stockley, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase in 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Protests Turn Violent in St. Louis Following Not Guilty VerdictSept. 15, 2017


Protestors march through the city streets following a not guilty verdict.Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images

Sept. 15, 2017


A man holds a rifle as he walks with a group of fellow protesters carrying weapons in downtown St. Louis.Jeff Roberson / AP

Sept. 15, 2017


A man yells at a law enforcement officer during a protest following a not guilty verdict.Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images

Sept. 15, 2017


Police Shooting St LouisPolice line up as protesters gather, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in St. Louis, after a judge found a white former St. Louis police officer, Jason Stockley, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase in 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Sept. 15, 2017


Protesters gather at night in protest.Jeff Roberson / AP

Sept. 15, 2017


A protestor raises his arm in the air while marching with others at dusk.Jeff Roberson / AP

Sept. 15, 2017


Protestors demonstrate during a protest following a not guilty verdict.Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images

Sept. 15, 2017


Brazil CorruptionBrazil's President Michel Temerwipes his face during a ceremony at the Brain Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Temer has been charged with obstruction of justice and of leading a criminal organization, in the latest fallout from a wide-ranging corruption probe that has ensnared many of the elite in Latin America's largest nation. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Sept. 15, 2017


Panama DrugsAn anti-narcotics police officer slashes open a seized package of cocaine, which carries an "Adidas" look-alike label, during a drug destruction operation near La Chorrera, Panama, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. According to police, they burned at least nine tons of cocaine and marijuana seized in drug operations within the last two months. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Syria RussiaRussian soldiers who convoyed a group of journalists move on a truck in the city of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. (AP Photo)

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Syria RussiaA Russian military policeman, left, rests in the lobby of a hospital in the city of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. (AP Photo)

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Spain Fashion Devota &

LombaA model displays a 2018

Spring/Summer creation by

Spanish designer Devota &

Lomba during Madrid's Fashion

Week in Madrid, Friday, Sept. 15,

2017. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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New Zealand US SoccerNew Zealand defender Ria Percival (2) steals the ball from United States midfielder Megan Rapinoe (15) during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in Commerce City, Colo., Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Australia Davis Cup

TennisBelgium's David Goffin

jubilates after winning his

match against Australia's

John Millman during a

Davis Cup World Group

semi-final tennis match in

Brussels, Friday, Sept. 15,

2017. Goffin won the match

6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. (AP

Photo/Geert Vanden

Wijngaert)

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Brazil Rock in RioA music fan slides along a zip-line

during the Rock in Rio music festival

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept.

15, 2017. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Sept. 15, 2017


Reuters / Friday, September 15, 2017North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released September 16, 2017. North Korea said it aims to reach an 'equilibrium' of military force with the United States, which earlier signaled its patience for diplomacy is wearing thin after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan for the second time in under a month. KCNA via REUTERS

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South Korea Koreas TensionA woman watches a TV screen showing a file footage of North Korea's missile launch, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. South Korea's military said North Korea fired an unidentified missile Friday from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before landing in the northern Pacific Ocean. The signs read "Japan protests North Korea's missile launch." (AP Photo/AhnYoung-joon)

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Rohingya grieve after baby dies in border crossing

TEKNAF, BANGLADESH - Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Sept 14 , 2017


He took a picture of Hamida, cradling the tiny pale body of her child, Abdul Masood. He appears to have died as the survivors scrambled through the crashing waves to shore.Another picture showed the anguish on the face of Nasir Ahmed as he carried his son away from the crowd.

As they neared the shore, the boat capsized and they were tossed into the murky water.Reuters photographer Mohammad Ponir Hossain was taking pictures of exhausted refugees on the beach when he heard an autorickshaw driver shouting that a boat had capsized."I rushed to the spot and found people crying over the dead body of a child," Ponir said.

14 SEP 2017. TEKNAF, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN/FILE PHOTO

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The couple’s other son survived the accident.Around 400,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in less than three weeks and people are still arriving, by land and sea, after attacks by Rohingyamilitants sparked a fierce counteroffensive by Myanmar's army.Senior United Nations officials have described the violence as a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing". 14 SEP 2017. TEKNAF, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN/FILE PHOTO

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Hamida’s family was among tens of thousands of Rohingya who embarked in a rickety fleet of small wooden fishing boats on the crossing from Myanmar’s coast to southern Bangladesh, a journey that can take up to five hours."They are so desperate that they are risking their lives to escape Myanmar. The pictures show what is going on here," Ponir said.WRITING BY DARREN SCHUETTLER 15 SEP 2017. TEKNAF, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN/FILE PHOTO

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15 SEP 2017. TEKNAF, BANGLADESH.

REUTERS/MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN/FILE

PHOTO

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A Rohingya refugee boy sits inside his temporary shelter on Sept. 12.Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

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GALLERY PHOTOS

A boy stands near a newly built shelter on Sept. 13.Bangladesh has said all refugees must go home. Myanmar has said it will take back those who can verify their citizenship.Dar Yasin / AP

Sept 13 , 2017


GALLERY PHOTOS

A Rohingya Muslim boy carries

jerry cans filled with water collected from a nearby hand pump on Sept. 13.Dar Yasin / AP

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GALLERY PHOTOS

A young Rohingya boy sits next to solar panels outside a basic shelter on Sept. 15.The Bangladesh government have used troops to deliver foreign aid to the border town that has been overwhelmed by Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar.Dominque Faget / AFP - Getty Images

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Rohingya Muslims interrogate a suspected child trafficker on Sept. 15.Dar Yasin / AP

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Bangladesh Myanmar AttacksRohingya Muslims, who recently crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, beat and kick a man suspected to be a child lifter near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Thousands of Rohingya are continuing to stream across the border, with U.N. officials and others demanding that Myanmar halt what they describe as a campaign of ethnic cleansing that has driven nearly 400,000 Rohingya to flee in the past three weeks. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Bangladesh Myanmar

AttacksA Rohingya Muslim woman

Zahida Banoo holds her son

Mohammad Noor, left, and

daughter Shah Heer as she

poses for a photograph on the

way to her shelter in

Kutupalong refugee camp,

Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 15,

2017. With Rohingya refugees

still flooding across the border

from Myanmar, those packed

into camps and makeshift

settlements in Bangladesh

were becoming desperate for

scant basic resources as

hunger and illness soared. (AP

Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Rohingya children stand inside their makeshift tent without light at the top of the camp on Sept. 15.Many of the Rohingya fleeing the violence in Myanmar had traveled by boat to find refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.Abir Abdullah / EPA

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