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A Story of Faith

This is a reportage of one of the less known religious festivals of Bengal. This is the celebration of one of the less popular Hindu Goddess, Setala, celebrated believing the Goddess will keep people away from...
A Sannyasi show a severed Skull to the villagers

Faith of Life

In different part of West Bengal, traditional and macabre rituals are being celebrated by local population during the week of Gajan festival. In the remote village of Bardhaman this practice has been going on for more than a hundred years.
Recreation of crucifixion during holy week in Iztapalapa, Mexico City

Crucifixion for Holy Week in Mexico

Thousands of people gather every year in Iztapalapa for the Passion play, a major event during holy week celebrations in Mexico City. The actors prepare themselves physically and spiritually the whole year, in order to perform the role to perfection.
Civilians escape through the railroad bridge blown up by Donetsk People Republic partisans.

Ukraine: Two Years of War

In the aftermath of the Euromaidan movement and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, pro-Russian and anti-government protest spread across the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine. Violence in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts escalated
Palestinians teenagers posing in front the key of the Shatila camp

Lebanon: Shatila Refugee Camp

The Shatila refugee camp was built in 1949 to receive the refugee from northern Palestine. Palestinians were expelled by from their town by Israeli forces. They are until now living in Shatila for 2 generations and are still waiting...

Photos and text by Francois Razon
Protest for Ayotzinapa One Year

Protests in Mexico go on

Updates on the protests in Mexico for the 43 Ayotzinapa Students who went missing on Sept. 26, 2014. Mexicans continue to demand for Justice
A refugee from Ivory Coast. Kos, Greece.

Greece: Migrants on Kos Island

The full ongoing war in Syria has created a cascading effect in the form of an unprecedented migrant flow through the Greek island of Kos. Its proximity to neighboring Turkey...

Photos and text by Francois Razon
Children in the Roma village of Nižná Mysla.

The End of Lunik IX

You can't miss Lunik IX, but most people avoid it at all costs. It is a dilapidated block of flats in the western part of Kosice in Slovakia that receives no gas, electricity or running water...
Refugee crisis: thousands at Budapest train station

Refugee crisis: thousands at Budapest train station

The ongoing refugee crisis: thousands overcrowd Budapest train station. Budapest, Hungary. September 03, 2015
Bangladeshi workers process leather

Contaminated Land

Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area, widely known for its tannery industry, has been listed as one of the top 10 polluted places on earth by two international research organizations. At least 160,000 people have become victims of pollution...

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das
workers in the shadows

Workers in the Shadows: Tomato pickers in Sicily

“Workers in the Shadows” is a photo essay documenting life conditions of workers in Ragusa's province, By word of mouth Sicilian lands became an attractive opportunity for migrants...
A volunteer cleans the road in Bhaktapur past the earthquake

Nepal: after the earthquake

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25th April 2015. Many buildings in the older parts of Kathmandu are now rubble, including the Dharahara tower, a 19th century 62-metre tall building...

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das