Bends, turns, crooks (Santa Barbara County): photo by Andrew Murr, 22 September 2017
Broadway [LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 24 September 2017
Clarksdale [MS]: photo by Andrew Murr, 22 September 2017
Fiesta Mall. Mesa, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 21 July 2017
Fiesta Mall. Mesa, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 21 July 2017
Fiesta Mall. Mesa, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 21 July 2017
West Buckeye Road. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 23 September 2017
West Buckeye Road. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 23 September 2017
West Buckeye Road. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 23 September 2017
2017-190. Mendocino Coast, CA.: photo by biosfear, 6 September 2017
2017-187. Berkeley, CA.: photo by biosfear, August 2017
mechanism of rigid fate. Film: Kodak Gold 200 (expired in 2004) [Sunnnyside, San Francisco]: photo by m_travels, 3 September 2017
mechanism of rigid fate. Film: Kodak Gold 200 (expired in 2004) [Sunnnyside, San Francisco]: photo by m_travels, 3 September 2017
mechanism of rigid fate. Film: Kodak Gold 200 (expired in 2004) [Sunnnyside, San Francisco]: photo by m_travels, 3 September 2017
Hurricane Irma #1. Miami, Florida.: photo by Scott Brennan, 10 September 2017
F in church VDB. Selenium toned van Dyke print, 7 x 10. [Buena Vista]: photo by efo, 23 September 2017
F in church VDB. Selenium toned van Dyke print, 7 x 10. [Buena Vista]: photo by efo, 23 September 2017
F in church VDB. Selenium toned van Dyke print, 7 x 10. [Buena Vista]: photo by efo, 23 September 2017
Repetition [Hayward, California]: photo by efo, July 2017
Repetition [Hayward, California]: photo by efo, July 2017
Repetition [Hayward, California]: photo by efo, July 2017
Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 21 September 2017
Dead Trees, Wallowa Lake, Oregon: photo by Austin Granger, 21 September 2017
Hells Canyon with Wildfire Smoke, Oregon/Idaho: photo by Austin Granger, 24 September 2017
Hells Canyon with Wildfire Smoke, Oregon/Idaho: photo by Austin Granger, 24 September 2017
Hells Canyon with Wildfire Smoke, Oregon/Idaho: photo by Austin Granger, 24 September 2017
Hells Canyon with Wildfire Smoke, Oregon/Idaho: photo by Austin Granger, 24 September 2017
Hells Canyon with Wildfire Smoke, Oregon/Idaho: photo by Austin Granger, 24 September 2017
A Rohingya Muslim Nur Karim carries his belongings past rice fields after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Karim walked through forests for five days before a boat helped him cross the dangerous waters of the rain-flooded Naf river to Bangladesh to be reunited with his mother, who had crossed over two weeks ago with his sister’s family. But his relief was tinged by a deep pain. In the chaos of their escape, as Myanmar soldiers fired at them, he got separated from his wife and child.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
Rohingya man’s Myanmar escape highlights relief and regrets: photos by Dar Yasin, text by Muneera Naqvi, AP, 23 September 201
TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — Nur Karim’s quest for safety took him on a
five-day trek through Myanmar’s forests before he reached the dangerous,
rain-swollen waters of the Naf River and boarded a boat to Bangladesh.
But the Rohingya Muslim man’s relief at escaping the latest violence
in his homeland was tinged by a deep pain. In the chaos of an exit
punctuated by the crack of Myanmar soldiers’ bullets, Karim lost track
of his family.
“In the night the Burma army started firing,” Karim said Friday as he
entered Bangladesh, exhausted and with sweat dripping from every pore
of his wiry body. “My wife and child got separated. I don’t know where
they are.”
Karim is one of nearly 430,000 Rohingya to cross into Bangladesh in
the past month as the persecuted minority group flees attacks by
security forces and civilian mobs in Myanmar, also known as Burma. The
latest violence began when a Rohingya insurgent group launched deadly
attacks on security posts, prompting Myanmar’s military to launch
“clearance operations” to root out the rebels. It’s a campaign the U.N.
has described as ethnic cleansing.
Karim left fear behind in Myanmar, but the memories of his last days in his village in Maungdaw remain painful.
“The authorities told us ‘You people don’t run away. We won’t do anything to you people. You people stay,’” he said.
That was a week ago and it was raining heavily. As the rain stopped, the soldiers returned and starting setting houses on fire.
“They started turning everything to ash so everyone started running away,” Karim said. “We ran to save our lives.”
Reaching Bangladesh’s shores, however, was simply the first step in another difficult journey.
The hungry and bone-tired man hadn’t eaten for a day when he arrived.
Weariness and sadness seemed to envelope him. And still he needed to
find the money to pay for his trip to one of the newly set up camps for
the masses who have escaped over the last month.
The boat ride had cost him the last of his money, despite the fact
that a kindly boatman charged him far less than the going rate and even
gave him a life jacket when he learnt that Karim couldn’t swim.
Finally a stranger offered to pay his fare for the ride to the Balukhali camp, more than an hour’s drive away.
At the camp Karim smiled for the first time in days as he hugged his
mother and sister, who had made the dangerous journey a few weeks before
him. He hugged his little niece.
A plate of rice and chicken filled his hungry belly. Then he sprawled on the floor exhausted.
The tropical sun beat down on his plastic-covered tent, thickening the air with an oppressive heat. But he was safe.
Now he dreams of another act of grace that will unite him with his wife and daughter.
A Rohingya Muslim Nur Karim, left, and his cousin Khair
Mohammad drink water from a channel of the Naf river after crossing over
from Myanmar into Bangladesh, at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 22,
2017. Karim walked through forests for five days before a boat helped
him cross the dangerous waters of the rain-flooded Naf river to
Bangladesh to be reunited with his mother, who had crossed over two
weeks ago with his sister’s family. But his relief was tinged by a deep
pain. In the chaos of their escape, as Myanmar soldiers fired at them,
he got separated from his wife and child.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
A Rohingya Muslim man Nur Karim, left, and his cousin
Khair Mohammad carry their belongings while walking past a channel of
the Naf River after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, at
Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Karim walked through forests
for five days before a boat helped him cross the dangerous waters of
the rain-flooded river to be reunited with his mother, who had crossed
over two weeks ago with his sister’s family. But his relief was tinged
by a deep pain. In the chaos of their escape, as Myanmar soldiers fired
at them, he got separated from his wife and child.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
A Rohingya Muslim Nur Karim carrying his belongings walks
towards the refugee camp after crossing over from Myanmar into
Bangladesh, at Balukhali, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Karim
walked through forests for five days before a boat helped him cross the
dangerous waters of the rain-flooded Naf river to be reunited with his
mother, who had crossed over two weeks ago with his sister’s family. At
the camp Karim smiled for the first time in days as he hugged his
mother, sister and his little niece.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
A Rohingya Muslim Nur Karim rubs his eyes as he travels in
a taxi towards Balukhali after crossing over from Myanmar into
Bangladesh, at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Karim walked
through forests for five days before a boat helped him cross the
dangerous waters of the rain-flooded Naf river to Bangladesh. Penniless
and exhausted, a stranger’s act of kindness paid his fare to a camp
where he was reunited with his mother, sister and niece who had crossed
over two weeks ago.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
Nunhar Begum, a Rohingya Muslim woman who crossed over two
weeks ago from Myanmar into Bangladesh, kisses her son Nur Karim upon
his arrival at her shelter at Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh,
Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Karim walked through forests for five days
before a boat helped him cross the dangerous waters of the rain-flooded
Naf river to be reunited with his mother, sister and his little niece.
But his relief was tinged by a deep pain. In the chaos of their escape,
as Myanmar soldiers fired at them, he lost track of his wide and child.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
Nunhar Begum, a Rohingya Muslim woman who crossed over two
weeks ago from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stands by her son Nur Karim as
he eats a meal upon arrival at a shelter at Balukhali refugee camp,
Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Karim walked through forests for
five days before a boat helped him cross the dangerous waters of the
rain-flooded Naf river to be reunited with his mother, sister and his
little niece. But his relief was tinged by a deep pain. In the chaos of
their escape, as Myanmar soldiers fired at them, he lost track of his
wide and child.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
A life jacket, a mobile phone, a lighter and a torch,
items that helped Rohingya Muslim man Nur Karim to cross over from
Myanmar into Bangladesh, lie on the floor at a shelter in Balukhali
refugee camp, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Karim walked through
forests for five days before a boat helped him cross the dangerous
waters of the rain-flooded Naf river to be reunited with his mother,
sister and his little niece. But his relief was tinged by a deep pain.
In the chaos of their escape, as Myanmar soldiers fired at them, he lost
track of his wide and child.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 22 September 2017
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