Approximately 700 homeless men attend a soup kitchen run by a Korean Christian church, in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan

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Approximately 700 homeless men attend a soup kitchen run by a Korean Christian church, in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan, Friday 27th March 2009. The men, most of whom are long term homeless, attend the soup kitchen 4 times a week, and have to listen to a church sermon prior to being given a hot lunch, food to take away, and if they wish they can have haircuts, and obtain clothes.

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Size: 5500px × 3667px
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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