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  • Losing a child has been described as the worst kind of loss anyone could possibly go through. In the May 12, 2008 earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province, nearly 70,000 people were killed, with many thousands more missing and likely dead. Among them, at least 9,000 of them were schoolchildren  who were crushed to death by falling school buildings. <br />
Why did so many schools collapse? Victims of family, most of them are farmers and migrant workers, suspect corruption was behind these poorly built schools, known  as "tofu construction.” The government promised further investigation initially but later most of the parents were forced to sign the agreement that they will accept money and will not further hold govenment accountable for further investigation.<br />
Yu Ming Fa, 36, holding a picture of his daughter Yu Huan, 10, is seen at a rabbit house at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province. Yu is angry about a rabbit house. "School can feed rabbits to make money. It pays more attention to rabbit business  than safety of children.”
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  • LEFT: Doors of a cheap motel where many day labors and welfare recipients live are seen in Kamagasaki, Japan.<br />
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RIGHT: Keys of cheap motel where many day labors and welfare recipients stay are seen in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • LEFT: Kazuki, 65, stands in front of his shack  built in a park in Kamagasaki, Japan. <br />
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RIGHT: A trash can is seen at a laundry mat in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • Men in Kamagasak, from clockwise right: Tamiichi Kuwata, 65, who depends on welfare, Syunsuke Fujii, 64, unemployed  construction worker, Satoshi Sato, 64.
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  • LEFT: Hiromi Minakami, 70, lives in a tiny room paid by welfare in Kamagasaki, Japan. <br />
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RIGHT: A pillow of Hiromi Minakami, 70, who lives in a tiny room paid by welfare, is seen in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • LEFT:  A pair of slippers are seen at a cheap motel where many day labors live in Kamagasaki, Japan. <br />
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RIGHT: Hiromi Okamoto, 74, lives in a tiny room paid by welfare in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • Labors work in a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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  • Labors work in a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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  • Ship Yard Workers in Bangladesh<br />
A labor works in a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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  • Ship breaking yards are the last resting place for end of life ships. At these yards, ships are scrapped, primarily for their steel content. <br />
Until 1980s, ship breaking took place in the developed countries such as the United States, UK, and Europe. Today, however, most ship breaking yards are in developing nations, principally Bangladesh, China, and India, due to lower labor costs and less stringent environmental regulations dealing with the disposal of lead paint and other toxic substances.<br />
Every year 600-700 sea vessels are brought to the beaches of Asia for scrapping and 52% of large ships are scrapped in Bangladesh.<br />
Workers have no unions, no safety equipment, and no training. About 50 are said to die in accidents each year; often in explosions set off by blowtorches deep inside the fume-filled holds. <br />
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Children work in a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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  • Labors pray in a ship yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • An injured labor is carried out by his colleagues  in a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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  • Zhao Xiao Qiong, 36, holding a picture of  daughter Lan Xiao Juan, 10, right, and Yang Zai Yin, holding a picture of  son Liu Chao, 12, are seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province. Both mothers have only one child.
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  • A desk is seen at Liuhe community school damaged by the earthquake is seen in Dujianyan, Sichuan province in China.
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  • A Labor makes his way througha ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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  • Labors work in a ship breaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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  • A labor works in a ship yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Xiang Xiao Fang, 31, holding a picture of her daughter Xu Li Ling, 10, at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Mianzhu, Sichuan province May 24, 2008. "I want to hug her again, but all I have left now is her picture. I spent all my tears."
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  • Grandfather Huang Qing Tai, 70, holding a picture of grandson Fu Hao, 11, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.  Fu Hao's  parents work in Gongdong so he and his wife takes care of grandson.
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  • Wu Xianfang, 35, holding a picture of her daughter Wei Yu, 10, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • Zhao Xiao Ying, 36, holding a picture of her son Ji Qing Zhen, 12, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • Yang Zong Chun, 30, holding a picture of her daughter Shi Xue, 10, is seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.   “I just want people to know about what happened here.
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  • Zhang Fa Ming, 37, left, and Zhao Zheng Yin, 35, holding a picture of daughter Zhang Yi, 12,  are seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • Zuo Qun Fang, 40, holding a picture of son Zhang Kang Jie, 10, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province. Zuo and her husband work in Beichuan and her sons live with their grandparents.
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  • Liu Xiao Yan, 31, holding a picture of her son Du Hao, 12, is seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • One of the victims killed by collapse of  Juyuan Middle School caused by earthquake is seen at a morgue in Juyuan City, Dujiangyan county, Sichuan province in China.
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  • Jiang Guohua, the Communist Party secretary of Mianzhu city, kneels on the ground pleading with protesting parents, whose children were killed in a school collapse during China's recent devastating earthquake, not to complain to higher authorities, in Mianzhu, Sichuan province. Despite Jiang's pleas, the parents of the 127 children who died in the collapse kept marching Sunday and eventually met with higher officials, who told them the government would investigate.
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  • Protesting parents, whose children were killed in a school collapse during China's recent devastating earthquake, march, in Mianzhu, Sichuan province. The parents of the 127 children who died in the collapse kept marching Sunday and eventually met with higher officials, who told them the government would investigate.
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  • Family members and friends moan the victims of school collapse at the debris of a collapsed building at Xinjian Primary School in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province.
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  • Family and friends grieve over their children, who were killed by collapse of  Juyuan Middle School caused by earthquake in Juyuan City, Dujiangyan county, Sichuan province in China.
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  • Mother holds a hand of her dead daughter who was killed by collapse of  Juyuan Middle School caused by earthquake in Juyuan City, Dujiangyan county, Sichuan province in China.
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  • Labors work in a ship yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A labor gets hair cut in a ship yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Labors work in a ship yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Zhang Hua Shan, 37, holding a picture of his daughter Zhang Qiu Yue, 12, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.  “The building is dangerous so they moved the older kids to another shool. I want to know why they put the younger children to this builindg."
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  • Mother holds a picture of her son during the memorial service for children who were killed by the building collapse at Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan county, Sichuan province in China.
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  • Family members grieve during the memorial service for children who were killed by the building collapse at Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan county, Sichuan province in China.
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  • Family members grieve during the memorial service for children who were killed by the building collapse at Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan county, Sichuan province in China.
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  • Family and friends grieve over their children, who were killed by collapse of  Juyuan Middle School caused by earthquake in Juyuan City, Dujiangyan county, Sichuan province in China.
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  • On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake, that recorded as 9.0 on the Richter scale struck off the coast Japan. It was followed by a devastating tsunami that swept over cities, farmland, and port in the northern part of the country. It was the most powerful quake ever to hit the country. Along with the death toll which is expected to reach 20,000, more than 130,000 lost their home. The swept-away coastal towns may never be rebuilt again because of the possibility of tsunami in the future. To many of them, the memory of what was lost – loved ones, community, and home – is too painful for survivor to come back, even if towns were rebuilt. Many of them say they will never come back to their home town.
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