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Gallery: Asia, Middle East

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A selection of photographs taken in Asian and the Middle East.

One of children who live in a poor area next to the train tracks in Bangkok. “When the train goes by, it sounds like it’s going through our house!”

Photo: Philip Maher

Three Afghani boys watch over a healthcare education session from a window looking onto a courtyard.

Photo: Philip Maher

Hiring women to help evaluate food needs in Harat gave them their first pay cheque since the fall of the Taliban.

Photo: Philip Maher

The sound of a child's laughter was again heard among the homeless of Aceh - two weeks after the tsunami struck Indonesia's coast.

Photo: Philip Maher

Though pock marked with the splashes of bullets, families continue to live in this apartment in the Middle East.

Photo: Philip Maher

In South India, a devadasi (Sanskrit: servant of deva or devi (god)) is a girl “dedicated” to worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life.

Photo: Philip Maher

In Mongolia, five-year-old Erdene-bulgan's awkardly bent legs, arms and ankles reveals rickets, a bone-deforming disease caused by lack of Vitamin D.

Photo: Philip Maher

Surrounded by crumbling buildings, Indian earthquake survivors scramble to receive food from a distribution by a local organization.

Photo: Philip Maher

In the snow capped mountains of Lebanon a young woman struggles to make ends meet while caring for her brother.

Photo: Philip Maher

Two girls studying in a building rebuilt after the Asian tsunami destroyed their school and many homes in the area.

Photo: Philip Maher