Following violence in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine State in late August, 2017, Rohingya Muslims fled their home in search for safety in Bangladesh.
According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh in recent months, with 58% of them being children.
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A view of the Thainkhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 11, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
Sanuara, 8, cries out in pain in the Cox's Bazar General Hospital on October 17, 2017. Sanuara got into a fight with other Rohingya refugees and ended up injuring her eye to the point of blindness. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCiccaPhoto by Lauren DeCicca
Sayed Hossain, a 40 year old Rohingya man, sits under a tarp with his children in the rice paddy field connecting Myanmar and Bangldesh during a rain storm on the Anjuman Para border near Cox's Bazar, Bangldesh on October 16, 2017. Sayed Hossain travelled from Buithidaung, Myanmar with his ten family members to seek refuge in the camps in Bangldesh. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
Thousands of Rohingya wait in rice paddy fields on the Bangladesh/Myanmar border in Palong Khali, Bangladesh before being allowed to pass into the country and registerd on October 16, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
A young Rohingya boy carries some of his belongings to Teknaf, Bangladesh after arriving from Myanmar the night before by boat on October 13, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
A Bangladeshi Border Patrol Guard stops Rohingya from advancing further through the rice paddy fields on the Anjuman Para border in Bangladesh on October 16, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
Mohammed Solaiman, 8, from the Unichparar Village in Myanmar poses for a portrait near the TV Tower refugee camp where his family waits to recieve a food distribution in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 14, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
Rohingya women wait near the TV Tower refugee camp before crossing the road to recieve a food donation in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 14, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
A goat chews on clothing discarded by Rohingya as they arrive in Teknaf, Bangladesh on October 13, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca.
A Rohingya family rests in the rice paddy field on the Anjuman Para border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh after fleeing from Myanmar on October 16, 2017. Refugees were forced to stay overnight in the rice paddy field by Bangladeshi Border Patrol guards before being allowed to enter the country. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
New Rohingya arrivals to Bangldesh beg for water and food at a distribution truck located on the Anjuman Para border near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 16, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
Rohingya women walk through the canals in a rice paddy feild on the Anjuman Para border of Bangladesh as they flee from Myanmar on October 16, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
New Rohingya boat arrivals walk to Teknaf after landing at Zero Point near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 13, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
A Rohingya woman cries in a rice paddy field after her father died on the treacherous journey by land from Myanmar to Bangladesh on October 16, 2016 on the Anjuman Para border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Many Rohingya travel for days from their home villages in Northern Rakhine State to the Myanmar border, then wait even longer for Bangladeshi border patrol to let them in. This woman, along with thousands of others stood on a small path for more than 48 hours in the fields waiting to enter Bangladesh. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCiccaPhoto by Lauren DeCicca
A young Rohingya boy wipes dust from his eyes as he stands on the road linking the Rohingya refugees near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 15, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
A Rohingya child is lifted by his father while preparing to be transported by military vehicle to a refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 14, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
An elderly Rohingya woman stands in the rice paddy field connecting Myanmar and Bangldesh on the Anjuman Para border near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 16, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
An elderly Rohingya man sleeps at the general hospital in Cox's Bazar city, Bangldesh on October 17, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
Rohingya arrive on the Anjuman Para border of Bangladesh with all the belongings they were able to carry as they fled Myanmar in Cox's Bazar, Bangldesh on October 16, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca
Rohingya boys fly kites in the evening at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on October 15, 2017. According the UN over 600,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 2017, with 58% of them being children. Photo by Lauren DeCicca