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First Place
Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Freelance
Rohingya: Myanmar's Rohingya refugee Anwara Nurhassan takes a boat from Chalpuridip, Bangladesh, as she continues her journey to refugee camps further inland on Oct. 3, 2017.
Second Place
Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Freelance
Rohingya: SUMMARY: Over half a million Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh to date in this latest spate of violence; 20,000 alone crossed the borders on October 16, while another 100,000 wait on the border of Myanmar. The crisis that began as a counterattack by the Myanmar government against Rohingya militants who had attacked several police bases on August 25, turned into a full scale 'ethnic cleansing,' according to the UNHCR, as the army and local Buddhists firebombed, raped and murdered across Rakhine state, the predominantly Muslim western region of Myanmar. Myanmar, also known as Burma, has a predominantly Buddhist population, and the Rohingya are a Muslim minority who are considered illegal immigrants from Bangladesh--they have no right to vote, and are restricted in access to education, healthcare, travel, work and marriage. Myanmar's de Facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has been criticized for failing to condemn the violence.
Third Place
Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Freelance
Rohingya: Hungry, tired and dehydrated, a Rohingya refugee carries his unconscious wife to a nearby rickshaw as they flee to Bangladesh on Oct. 4, 2017. Many refugees spoke of drinking salt water for several days to survive, and fights erupting as they waited for boats to ferry them from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
Award of Excellence
Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Freelance
Rohingya: After escaping into Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee Dolohussam Amirkhamza, 60, is carried by his brother Rahamatullah Amirkhamza, left, and neighbor Rahim Mohammedhussein, right, as they journey from the southernmost tip of Bangladesh inland to refugee camps on Oct. 4, 2017.
Award of Excellence
Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Freelance
Rohingya: Mohammadshofait Kurimullah, 8, still suffers from burn wounds when their house was set on fire in Myanmar. His mother, Yasmin Kurimullah, says she has not seen his father and one of her other sons since August 25. They now live in a refugee camp near the Myanmar border in Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2017.