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      <image:caption>Students walk the grounds of Noh Bo Academy, located near the Myanmar border. Text written by a student at Noh Bo Academy: “I feel deeply sad. All our dreams have been lost. I wish the children in the country’s IDP camps could study peacefully and properly. Instead of just feeling sad like us, they live in constant fear. My heart aches every time I think about my country, Myanmar.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At the end of the school day, a young girl at White School in Mae Sot carefully packs away her pencils. Text written by a teacher at White School: “Because of Myanmar political situation many people face difficulties and many problems. Since military coup some states cut off the electric and the whole country cut off the Internet. So Myanmar people face the difficulties. Please help my country.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Young girls from Sunshine School sit outside their classroom, laughing together during break-time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sunshine School sits on the edge of the Thai-Myanmar border, with the mountains of Myanmar visible in the distance. Every day, new families arrive, hoping to secure a place for their children. Text written by a student at Sunshine School: “I feel sad. The certain future we once had is gone. My country may not survive much longer — it could fall under the control of others.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mae-La refugee camp, one of the largest in Southeast Asia, is home to an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people. Text written by a student at KKB School: “Myanmar has faced military coup. Some students cannot attend school. A lot of citizens have no home. Some families don’t meet anymore with their family.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sixteen-year-old Nan Yadanar San (bottom right) poses with her football team on the grounds of KKB School, where they live and study. She fled Myanmar alone after fighting reached her village in Karen State, leaving the care of her grandmother to continue her education in Mae Sot. Today, her team competes in local football tournaments alongside Thai and migrant students.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A view of the Mae Sot countryside on a road coming from the north towards Mae Sot city centre. (Text) A student writes: “I’m feeling deeply unhappy every moment. The younger generation is losing their future because of political turmoil, and many people are lost, not knowing what to do. Some are far from home and family, forced to flee due to the unrest. It breaks my heart to be away from my country, living in another place filled with challenges and hardships. This is the weight of what I’m feeling.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Warde, Fatma, and Munira begin their workday at 6 a.m., taking advantage of the coolest hours of the morning. On this day, they prune and clear away dead leaves and roots from the cucumber plants growing in the greenhouses. The sisters left Syria more than 13 years ago, fleeing bombing in Idlib. They arrived in Damour and have lived and worked on this land ever since. For them, as for many Syrian refugees, agricultural labor became a lifeline.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Warde picks away dead leaves and roots from the cucumber plants—part of her daily routine in the greenhouse. Though they come from a farming family in Syria, it was the women who took on most of the manual labor after arriving in Lebanon. “What can you do?” she says. “There is a lot of work that needs done. And if you don’t work, you can’t live.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Warde clears away the dead and rotting cucumber plants. After more than six months of planting and harvesting, the cucumber season has come to an end. In the days ahead, she and her sisters will begin preparing the land for a new crop.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fatma scrolls through the news on her phone — a nightly ritual since the fall of Assad, in search of signs of change and hope. This photo was taken in December 2024, after Assad’s fall reignited the possibility of return for millions of Syrians around the world. Overlaid is a mobile image of her home in Idlib, along with a recent photo of her niece, taken in July. While many of her siblings’ homes were destroyed, a few — like the one pictured — still stand.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Grape vines hang from the canopy attached to the tented shelter where Ghaziye and her children live. Sunlight filters through onto the plastic sheeting that covers the structure. The grapes are not yet ready for harvest — their season is still to come.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The neighbours land was previously cared for by a Syrian family who returned to their homeland in February 2025 after the fall of President Assad. Since their departure, weeds and wild plants have begun to take over.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ghazieye and Mariam sit with a guest — a young Syrian neighbour who has come to visit. As they wait to share coffee, the conversation turns to the topic of return. 'Everyone is going back to Syria,' the young man says, adding that he hopes to leave soon, as 'there are no job opportunities here in Lebanon.' Mariam gently counters, 'Not everyone — maybe 90%,' but Ghazieye nods, 'Yes, everyone.' The discussion continues, back and forth, as the coffee brews.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A portrait of Ghazieye’s daughter is overlaid with a mobile photo of her late father, who passed away when she was only a few months old. Though she never knew him, Ghazieye often says that, of all her children, she resembles him the most. Her father died in Lebanon, and, unable to return to Syria, Ghazieye buried him in a small plot of land in the Beqaa Valley. “If we returned,” she says, “it would be much harder to visit him.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Warde rests at home after an early morning spent working in the greenhouse and preparing breakfast for the entire family. During the hottest hours of the day, she takes time to recover before returning in the evening to work alongside her sisters. It’s a rhythm she knows well — one she has grown used to over more than 13 years of living and working on this land.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A view of Damour from the greenhouses and surrounding farmland. Historically a Christian area of Lebanon, Damour—like much of the country—has seen growing anti-refugee sentiment in recent years, driven by strained infrastructure, economic hardship, war, and shifting demographics. Despite this, Warde, Ghazieye, their sisters, and extended family still feel a sense of stability and home.</image:caption>
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