Three young girls sit on a metal container in front of a neighbor's home on a litter strewn alleyway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Three young girls sit on a metal container in front of a neighbor's home on a litter strewn alleyway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The youngsters are residents of a squatter's slum that is located less than one block from Phnom Penh's main tourist strip. These children are among a group of nearly five-million Cambodians (about 35%) that The World Bank estimates exists on roughly 2000 riels ($.50 USD) per day.

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Size: 2372px × 3558px
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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