In Pictures: Rohingya refugees

A look at the hardships that Rohingya refugees have had to endure in their search for a better life.

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Dec 28, 2017, 09:01 AM

Rohingya refugees wait in line for plastic tarps at a camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Rohingya refugees who used a makeshift raft to cross the Naf River from Myanmar disembark near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Rohingya refugees use a makeshift raft to cross the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Once-forested land has been turned into a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Mohammed Faisal, 13, a Rohingya refugee who said he was shot in the arm when soldiers attacked his family’s village, at a hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

As villages burn in the distance, Rohingya refugees walk after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar near Palong Khali, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

One Rohingya refugee carries another near near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Rohingya refugees use a makeshift raft to cross the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Children clamour for some of the limited number of hot meals available at the Palongkali refugee camp in Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

A recently-established camp for Rohingya refugees in Balukhali, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Stranded for two days after arriving from Myanmar, Rohingya refugees await the border guards’ permission to proceed to refugee camps, near Anjuman Para, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Rohingya refugees cross a flooded trail to the Bangladeshi mainland near Cox’s Bazar after fleeing Myanmar. PHOTO: NYTIMES

The body of Mohammed Hosain, 2, is prepared for burial in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Dildar Begum and her daughter Kalima, 10, who said they were the only two of their family of six to survive a massacre, at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Rohingya refugees who used makeshift rafts to cross the Naf River from Myanmar walk near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

The Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. PHOTO: NYTIMES

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