12-year-old Saiful was a student of class 7 in Abu Torab High School, Mirsarai. His mother says, “My child went to school without having breakfast and he never came back.” 42 students and 2 men died in Mirsarai on 12th July 2011 when the truck that was carrying them flipped into a roadside canal. Mirsarai, Bangladesh. October 17, 2011. One of a set of images from the Photo Story, Tears on Highways, by Noor Alam.

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