Rohingya refugees waiting for the monsoon
15 ImagesClose to a million Rohingya refugees are waiting for the monsoon, and even perhaps cyclones, to arrive. Their houses could crumble underneath them. Photos by Kate Geraghty
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A Rohingya woman carries a child down a mud path during a monsoonal downpour in Kutupalong Camp. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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In preparation to battle the monsoon flood waters a group of men work in the rain to create drainage on the side of a cliff in Kutupalong Camp. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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A channel of water runs through Hakim Para Camp. The camps in Cox's Bazar are home to over 900,000 Rohingya refugees that fled Myanmar in August last year. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Rohingya children play in the mud in Kutupalong Camp during a heavy downpour. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Gul Faraz, left, and Nurullah standing at the rear of their shelter that sits on a cliff that could give way during the monsoon rains. The family have been asked to relocate to a safer area but are sandbagging their home so they can stay. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Rohingya refugee Asmida Khatun, 30, smooths our cement on the floor of her family's shelter that sits on a cliff that could give way during the monsoon rains. The family have been asked to relocate to a safer area but are sandbagging their home so they can stay.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Rohingya women take shelter during a monsoonal downpour in Hakim Para Camp.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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A group of Rohingya men shield themselves with umbrellas from the monsoonal rains on the side of a cliff in Kutupalong Camp. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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A Rohingya woman holding her ration cards in a plastic cover to protect it from the rain whilst in queue at a distribution site following a monsoonal downpour in Hakim Para Camp.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Rohingya women queue at a distribution site after a monsoonal downpour in Hakim Para Camp. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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A young Rohingya boy sits on a pile of bricks holding his umbrella after a monsoonal rain in Hakim Para Camp.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Rohingya children play in the mud with marbles in Kutupalong refugee camp after a monsoonal downpour. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Rohingya children take shelter from the rain in Kutupalong Camp. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Trucks, rickshaws and people negotiate their way through the mud after a monsoon downpour in Kutupalong Camp.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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A Rohingya refugee walks along a cliff top with his umbrella in Kutupalong Camp during a heavy downpour. Photo: Kate Geraghty