Stateless and displaced
Roma Hattu goes into labour as she lies on the floor of a former rubber factory, which now serves as her family's shelter after they were displaced by ethnic violence.
Hattu is a Rohingya Muslim in Myanmar's western Rakhine State. The future her child will grow up in there is uncertain to say the least, as the loosening of authoritarian control imposed by half a century of military dictatorship has unleashed fierce sectarian clashes in the region.
Rohingya Muslims make their way between camps for people displaced by violence.
A group of Rohingya pass the time at a former rubber factory which now serves as their shelter.
A Rohingya Muslim student stands at the window of a local mosque as he memorises the Koran.
Haleda Somisian, a 20-year-old Rohingya Muslim, cries after being beaten by her husband; he wanted rice, but the couple's money was gone. Somisian's husband lost his job when a Buddhist mob armed with machetes and petrol bombs razed their village last June.
A Rohingya man calls for the afternoon prayer in a makeshift mosque at a camp for displaced people.
Tocsi Lima, a 28-year-old Rohingya woman, holds her feverish son at a clinic in a camp for the displaced. Two doctors who worked at the clinic five days a week have not attended since April 10 and medical supplies stopped with them.
A Rohingya Muslim girl carries a baby goat at a camp for the displaced.
Rohingya Muslims manoeuvre small boats at the port near Sittwe. From October to March, between the monsoons, about 25,000 Rohingya left Myanmar on boats, according to new data from Arakan Project, a Rohingya advocacy group.
Rohingya make their way between camps.
Rohingya Muslims attend an auction at a small fish market near Sittwe.
A Rohingya Muslim woman wearing traditional thanaka paste on her face stands in a camp for the displaced.
Rohingya Muslim girls hold babies at a camp.
A Rohingya Muslim child wearing traditional make-up passes the time outside a tent.
