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  • Mr. Pathak walks around searching door to door for his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr. Pathak speaks to a policeman about his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr. Pathak cradles a photograph of his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr. Pathak goes door to door with policemen in search of his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr. Pathak goes from brothel to brothel in search of his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr. Pathak speaks to a prostitute as he goes from brothel to brothel with policemen in search of his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr. Pathak looks through rooms in a brothel as he goes from brothel to brothel with policemen in search of his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr. Pathak looks through rooms in a brothel as he goes from brothel to brothel with policemen in search of his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India..Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • A child stands by the window of a brothel on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India...Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Brahmin priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Prostitutes and a pimp sit around in front of their cublcles in their brothel on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India...Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Prostitutes stand around in front of their cubicles in their brothel on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India...Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Mr Pathak climbs the stairs to a brothel as he goes from one to another brothel with policemen in search of his daughter on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India...Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • A drunk man stumbles down the dark stairway of a brothel on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India...Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • A man leaves a brothel on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India...Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Two prostitutes peer out of a brothel window to beckon customers on 28th September 2010, on GB Road, Delhi's red light district, India...Mr. Kailash Pathak, a Hindu priest, has travelled to Delhi from his village in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, to look for his missing daughter, Khushbu Pathak aged 13, who was last seen in the custody of his neighbours in February this year and believed to have been sold to brothels in the capital, Delhi. The accused neighbours have since been arrested in Delhi but the girl is yet to be found. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • A woman lights an oil lamp during the Aarti, a daily ritual of offering prayers to the holy river Ganges on the banks of the river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 10 November 2013. guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who turn up to the religious spectacle every evening.
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  • A man sells copper and steel vessels for religiour hindus to carry the holy water of the River Ganges during the Aarti, a daily ritual of offering prayers to the holy river Ganges on the banks of the river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 10 November 2013. guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who turn up to the religious spectacle every evening.
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  • Amit Gupta, a staff of Guria Swayam Sevi Sansthan, looks through documents as a video of a massive rescue operation of a red light district in Meerut (near the capital of Delhi), plays in the Guria office in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 November 2013. Santwana Manju points to a 12 year old girl, one of the youngest she's rescued, and says 'I had my eyes on this girl as my main priority. 37 children were rescued that day. but if we had the full cooperation of the police, we could've rescued at least 70".
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  • Amit Gupta, a staff of Guria Swayam Sevi Sansthan, looks through documents as a video of a massive rescue operation of a red light district in Meerut (near the capital of Delhi), plays in the Guria office in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 November 2013. Santwana Manju points to a rescued girl saying "37 children were rescued that day. but if we had the full cooperation of the police, we could've rescued at least 70".
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  • Ajeet Singh, the founder of Guria Swayam Sevi Sansthan speaks on the phone as he cradles Barish, his 5 year old daughter, while he works late into the night in the legal room of Guria office in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 14 November 2013.
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  • Children during class in the Guria Non-Formal Education center in the middle of the Shivdaspur red light district, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. Women in Prostitution working and living in the Shivdaspur red light area send their children to the centre run by Guria in hope that their children will get a better education and break the cycle of generational prostitution and trafficking.
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  • Santwana Manju (right) walks down after one of her students in the Boat School she runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Boatmen's children during an art class in the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Santwana Manju teaches her students in the Boat School she runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Santwana Manju teaches her students in the Boat School she runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Boatmen's children during an art class in the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Santwana Manju listens as her students tell stories in the Boat School she runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Students close their eyes and clap in a concentrative meditation practice Santwana Manju does every evening in the Boat School she runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Students close their eyes and clap in a therapeutic meditation practice Santwana Manju does every evening in the Boat School she runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Boatmen's children clap during a meditation class in the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Children fly kites on the banks of the river where Guria runs a Boat School on the Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 11 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Passengers and family members wait for trains before the break of dawn at the Varanasi city railway station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013. Varanasi is a major religious tourist city and in the sex trade, a major source, transit and destination point for trafficked girls and women.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, goes about her daily life in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, goes about her daily life in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, goes about her daily life in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, goes about her daily life in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, goes about her daily life in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, goes about her daily life in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, poses for a portrait while in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, poses for a portrait while in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Saroj, a rescued girl under Guria's witness protection program while fighting her case in court, poses for a portrait while in hiding with her mother and father in a safe house in Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013.
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  • Children of commercial sex workers play in the compound of the new Non-Formal Education (NFE) center that is being constructed in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013. The children proudly take ownership of the Guria NFE center and often spend their time near the nearly complete building in anticipation of the school's reopening.
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  • Commercial Sex Workers, brothel owners, pimps, and traffickers sit in front of the brothels in the evening in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps.
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  • Commercial Sex Workers, brothel owners, pimps, and traffickers sit in front of the brothels in the evening in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps.
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  • Trains pass through the Mau Railway Station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013. Train Stations are the main trafficking points for unaccompanied girl travellers and Guria has recently started working in the Mau red light area and is currently building a 2nd building for their Non Formal Education program for the children of the Commercial Sex Workers.
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  • Passengers on the platform at the Mau Railway Station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 November 2013. Train Stations are the main trafficking points for unaccompanied girl travellers and Guria has recently started working in the Mau red light area and is currently building a 2nd building for their Non Formal Education program for the children of the Commercial Sex Workers.
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  • Tourists and local children walk along the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • A lady sells flowers and floating lamps to a tourist during Aarti, a prayer offered to the River Ganges and a major nightly tourist attraction, along the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • A child ascends the stairs on the banks of the river during Aarti, a prayer offered to the River Ganges and a major nightly tourist attraction, along the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Aarti, a prayer offered to the River Ganges and a major nightly tourist attraction along the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Boatmen's children sell flowers and floating lamps to during Aarti, a prayer offered to the River Ganges and a major nightly tourist attraction, along the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Boatmen's children sell flowers and floating lamps to during Aarti, a prayer offered to the River Ganges and a major nightly tourist attraction, along the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • A group of school girls walk home at dusk along the narrow alleyways near to the banks of the holy river Ganges where millions of tourists come to witness the nightly Aarti prayers on the river banks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Children roam unaccompanied play in the dark and narrow alleyways near to the banks of the holy river Ganges where millions of tourists come to witness the nightly Aarti prayers on the river banks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • A man carries the holy Ganges water up a flight of stairs as boatmen's children who sell flowers and candles are seen in the dark and narrow alleyways leading to the banks of the holy river Ganges where tourists come to witness the nightly Aarti prayers on the river banks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Boatmen's children sell flowers and candles to tourists as they walk along the banks of holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Boatmen's children sell flowers and candles to tourists as they sit along the banks of holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Boatmen's children sell flowers and candles to tourists as they sit along the banks of holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • A boatmen's daughter prepares flowers and candles to be sold to tourists as they come to witness the nightly Aarti prayers along the banks of holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Millions of tourists from India and abroad throng to the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Large groups of male tourists head to the banks of the holy river Ganges to witness the nightly Aarti prayers on the river banks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Male tourists are seen along the narrow alleyways leading to the banks of the holy river Ganges where they come to witness the nightly Aarti prayers on the river banks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • A young girl who sells flowers and candles is seen in the dark and narrow alleyways leading to the banks of the holy river Ganges where tourists come to witness the nightly Aarti prayers on the river banks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Boatmen's children selling flowers and candles are seen in the dark and narrow alleyways leading to the banks of the holy river Ganges where tourists come to witness the nightly Aarti prayers on the river banks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India as seen here on 18 November 2013. Guria runs a boat school targeting the boatmen's children, who are exposed and vulnerable to exploitation when they sell flowers and floating candles to the millions of tourists who come to Varanasi.
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  • Meera lies in bed as her father brings medication to her in their shelter where the family live and work as earring makers in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013.
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  • Meera lies in bed as her mother makes breakfast in their shelter where the family live and work as earring makers in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013.
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  • Meera (center) and her brother looks on as their mother makes breakfast in their shelter where they live and work as earring makers in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013.
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  • Meera makes earring parts to be sold to a manufacturer in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013.
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  • Meera poses for a portrait in the small shelter that she lives in with her family in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013.
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  • Meera sits in the sun in the compound where she lives in with her family in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013.
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  • Passengers wait for trains on the platform at the Varanasi city railway station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Varanasi is a major religious tourist city and in the sex trade, a major source, transit and destination point for trafficked girls and women.
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  • Passengers at the Mau Railway Station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Train Stations are the main trafficking points for unaccompanied girl travellers and Guria has recently started working in the Mau red light area and is currently building a 2nd building for their Non Formal Education program for the children of the Commercial Sex Workers.
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  • A suspected trafficker (man in red vest, left) stands amongst other passengers at the Mau Railway Station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Train Stations are the main trafficking points for unaccompanied girl travellers and Guria has recently started working in the Mau red light area and is currently building a 2nd building for their Non Formal Education program for the children of the Commercial Sex Workers.
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  • A young unaccompanied traveller (girl in pink) sits next to other passengers at the Mau Railway Station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Train Stations are the main trafficking points for unaccompanied girl travellers such as this girl. Many girls run away from home after being lured away by charming boys who work as traffickers and pimps.
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  • A young unaccompanied traveller covers her face and shows signs of high stress as Santwana Manju of Guria speaks with her offering help if she is currently being trafficked through the Mau Railway Station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Many girls run away from home after being lured away by charming boys who work as traffickers and pimps.
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  • A young unaccompanied traveller covers her face and shows signs of high stress as Santwana Manju of Guria speaks with her offering help if she is currently being trafficked through the Mau Railway Station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Many girls run away from home after being lured away by charming boys who work as traffickers and pimps.
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  • Santwana Manju of Guria (extreme left) comforts Sharda, 20, as she weeps, overwhelmed with emotion, during her pre-wedding ceremonies in her mother's (in blue) brothel where she grew up in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps, however, Sharda is being married off into a community outside, sealing her future away from this vicious cycle.
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  • Sharda ties her younger sister's hair in the brothel where they live with their mother, a commercial sex worker, in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps, however, Sharda is being married off into a community outside, sealing her future away from this vicious cycle, and her mother is keen to get all her 5 children out of the prostitution community.
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  • Sharda ties her mother's saree in the brothel where they live with their mother, a commercial sex worker, in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps, however, Sharda is being married off into a community outside, sealing her future away from this vicious cycle, and her mother is keen to get all her 5 children out of the prostitution community.
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  • Commercial Sex Workers, brothel owners, pimps, and traffickers sit in front of the brothels waiting for customers in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps.
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  • A woman working in the sex trade sits in front of her brothel waiting for customers in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps.
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  • Sharda's younger sister sits on a bed in the brothel where she lives with her mother, a commercial sex worker, in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps.
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  • Sharda's younger sister sings as she descends the stairs of the brothel where she lives with her mother, a commercial sex worker, in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps, however, this little girl may well find her way out of the vicious cycle with help from Guria.
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  • A brothel owner and pimp (extreme left) looks on as commercial sex workers children  enjoy the drumming outside a brothel during Sharda's wedding celebrations in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Commercial Sex Worker's children growing up in the brothels are pampered and groomed by brothel owners to be the next generation of prostitutes, traffickers or pimps.
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  • A brothel owner and pimp dances during a wedding celebration in the Mau Red Light area in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 November 2013. Brothel owners and pimps act like doting grandmothers to the children of the prostitutes who work for them, often trying to wean the children from their mother's bond so that they can be groomed to be the next generation of sex workers and traffickers.
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  • Gudia, 9, poses for a portrait on the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Nitu, 13, poses for a portrait on the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Piyu, 7, poses for a portrait on the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Priya, 8, poses for a portrait on the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Mili, 7, poses for a portrait on the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Moni, 10, poses for a portrait on the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Boatmen's children row a boat down the Ganges river where Guria runs a Boat School for the boatmen's children, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Sachin, 12, poses for a portrait on the Boat School Guria runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Children sit on the bow of the Boat School Guria runs on the Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Santwana Manju (left) drinks hot tea as she gives an art class on the roof of the Boat School she runs on the holy Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Children sit on the bow of the Boat School drawing art on the Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Children sit on the roof and bow of the Boat School as Santwana Manju (center) looks through their art work on the Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Children sit on the roof and bow of the Boat School as Santwana Manju (center) looks through their art work on the Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Children sit on the roof and bow of the Boat School as Santwana Manju (center) looks through their art work on the Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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  • Children sit on the roof and bow of the Boat School as Santwana Manju (center) looks through their art work on the Ganges River, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 2013. The school, accommodating almost 50 children, aims to take the boatmen's children away from working in the tourist areas where they are exposed to trafficking and sexual abuse.
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