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Photos of the Year 2007 – Unicef

In these photos, the protagonists are mainly children, in developing societies. The first reward was granted to the photographer Stephanie Sinclair, who snapped with her camera one under-age Afghan, saying goodbye to her innocence.

Ghulam is eleven years old and her future spouse is in his forties. She was forced to be engaged because her parents needed money. The underage bride from Afghanistan will not fulfill her dream to become schoolteacher. Nevertheless, she became the main character in the Unicef photo of the year.
Among other astonishing pictures of the year, those which portray the inhuman reality of child labor in Bangladesh. According to Unicef, 4.7 million children between five and 14 years of age are involved in child labor in that country.

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This 9 year old girl from the Philippines celebrates her birthday, in a garbage dump outside Manila
And last but not least, the pictures that describe the nightmare in Gaza.
If you want to see more, please visit the site of Unicef or Der Spiegel magazine.Photos: child labor in Bangladesh – G M B Akash, Phillipines girl – Hartmut Schwarzbach, Hatem Moussa, Palestine, Associated Press (AP) .

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