AP Photos: More Rohingya flee Myanmar as exodus tops 500,000
AP Photos: More Rohingya flee Myanmar as exodus tops 500,000
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim Mohamed Rafiq, center, comforts his wife Noora Khatum and his children as they reach Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap, a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim boy from Myanmar walks towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim Mohamed Rafiq hands a drink of water and biscuits to his wife Noora Khatum who lies exhausted on the ground as they reach Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap, a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar rest at a site strewn with clothes in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslims girl rests on a pile of bags, as she waits with others to walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing into Bangladesh from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim boy carries a bottle of water and a pair of sandals and runs past a muddy patch to a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim man carries an elderly woman and walks towards a camp for refugees after crossing over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar holds a hen on his lap as he travels on a wooden boat after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Rohingya Muslims carry a sick woman in a basket as they walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Bangladeshi volunteer carries a newly arrived elderly Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon and heads towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Bangladeshi volunteer carries a Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon off a boat after she arrived with a group of other Rohingya at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar gather their belongings and walk towards camps for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Five weeks after the mass exodus began on Aug. 25, the U.N. says the total number of arrivals in Bangladesh has now topped more than half a million. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim woman who just crossed the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh puts her head down and cries in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims walk towards camps for refugees after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Tears roll down the cheek of a Rohingya Muslim woman who crossed over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
An elderly Rohingya Muslim woman stumbles as she walks with a group from Myanmar towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Rohingya Muslims walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing the boder from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Bangladeshi volunteers help a newly arrived Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim man from Myanmar carries an elderly woman after they crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim Mohamed Rafiq, center, comforts his wife Noora Khatum and his children as they reach Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap, a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim Mohamed Rafiq, center, comforts his wife Noora Khatum and his children as they reach Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap, a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim boy from Myanmar walks towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim boy from Myanmar walks towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim Mohamed Rafiq hands a drink of water and biscuits to his wife Noora Khatum who lies exhausted on the ground as they reach Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap, a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim Mohamed Rafiq hands a drink of water and biscuits to his wife Noora Khatum who lies exhausted on the ground as they reach Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap, a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar rest at a site strewn with clothes in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar rest at a site strewn with clothes in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslims girl rests on a pile of bags, as she waits with others to walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing into Bangladesh from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslims girl rests on a pile of bags, as she waits with others to walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing into Bangladesh from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim boy carries a bottle of water and a pair of sandals and runs past a muddy patch to a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim boy carries a bottle of water and a pair of sandals and runs past a muddy patch to a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim man carries an elderly woman and walks towards a camp for refugees after crossing over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim man carries an elderly woman and walks towards a camp for refugees after crossing over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar holds a hen on his lap as he travels on a wooden boat after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar holds a hen on his lap as he travels on a wooden boat after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Rohingya Muslims carry a sick woman in a basket as they walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Rohingya Muslims carry a sick woman in a basket as they walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Bangladeshi volunteer carries a newly arrived elderly Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon and heads towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Bangladeshi volunteer carries a newly arrived elderly Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon and heads towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Bangladeshi volunteer carries a Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon off a boat after she arrived with a group of other Rohingya at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Bangladeshi volunteer carries a Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon off a boat after she arrived with a group of other Rohingya at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar gather their belongings and walk towards camps for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Five weeks after the mass exodus began on Aug. 25, the U.N. says the total number of arrivals in Bangladesh has now topped more than half a million. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar gather their belongings and walk towards camps for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Five weeks after the mass exodus began on Aug. 25, the U.N. says the total number of arrivals in Bangladesh has now topped more than half a million. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim woman who just crossed the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh puts her head down and cries in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim woman who just crossed the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh puts her head down and cries in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims walk towards camps for refugees after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims walk towards camps for refugees after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Tears roll down the cheek of a Rohingya Muslim woman who crossed over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Tears roll down the cheek of a Rohingya Muslim woman who crossed over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
An elderly Rohingya Muslim woman stumbles as she walks with a group from Myanmar towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
An elderly Rohingya Muslim woman stumbles as she walks with a group from Myanmar towards a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Rohingya Muslims walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing the boder from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Rohingya Muslims walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing the boder from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Teknaf, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Bangladeshi volunteers help a newly arrived Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Bangladeshi volunteers help a newly arrived Rohingya Muslim woman Sonabanu Chemmon at Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Chemmon was among those too weak to walk. Her son-in-law had carried her to one of Bangladeshi’s inland creeks, near Shah Porir Dip. But he then abandoned her along with several of her adult daughters. Chemmon was finally helped by several Bangladeshis who are among a small army of local citizenry who are collecting donations, food and clothing and handing it out to desperate new arrivals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim man from Myanmar carries an elderly woman after they crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A Rohingya Muslim man from Myanmar carries an elderly woman after they crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar’s refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Five weeks after the mass exodus of ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar began, the U.N. says the total number of arrivals in Bangladesh has now topped 500,000. Images by Gemunu Amarasinghe