An Embedded Photographer Empowers the Poor

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“I think we are poor because we were born into a poor family and once again, without education, land, fishing nets or a boat we can’t escape poverty. But still we always think about how we can improve our future even knowing that it’s hard to get a better life.” — Bellal Bhai, the father of the Bhai family.”

The Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah in the Cairo court where he was sentenced to five years in prison over an unauthorized but peaceful protest.rn

The verdict in a retrial reduced an earlier 15-year sentence for organizing and taking part in the protest and allegedly assaulting a police officer.”

After a winter storm on Friday, a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.”

Ukrainian soldiers near the city of Artemivsk. Fighting continued in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement that was supposed to have taken effect on Sunday.”

A Ukrainian soldier at a hospital in Artemivsk. Government forces pulled out of the strategic nearby town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. ”

The New York Times