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There is no Hope

Kamalapur Railway Station's ticket hall reeks of dust and urine, its corners packed with homeless. Strikingly, many are young children—drugged, starving, or exhausted, mostly asleep. They wander between stations, much like a boy I just saw leaping onto a locomotive. Bangladesh, Dhaka.

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Color Photography Contest

2026

Honorable Mention

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There is no Hope

Kamalapur Railway Station's ticket hall reeks of dust and urine, its corners packed with homeless. Strikingly, many are young children—drugged, starving, or exhausted, mostly asleep. They wander between stations, much like a boy I just saw leaping onto a locomotive. Bangladesh, Dhaka.

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Wen Yang Liao

Portrait & Documentary photographer, from Taiwan.

Wen Yang Liao

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People, Photojournalism, Portrait, Street, Travel

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Taiwan

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