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First Place
John Stanmeyer
VII / TIME Magazine
"Sex, Drugs and Death: AIDS Let Loose In Asia"  

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Rohingyan refugees from western Burma now living across the border in Bangladesh, many of whom are then trafficked to the Middle East as camel jockeys and often are raped or forced into sex work. RohingyanÕs are Muslim, fleeing persecution from the Burmese junta. CoxÕs Bazar, Bangladesh.
 
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