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  • November 14, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
Victims of the shooting at the Bataclan concert venue in central Paris are being evacuated to receive first aid. More than one hundred people were killed and many more wounded when gunmen opened fire inside the venue as the French capital has been the target of a series of deadly attacks.<br />
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  • November 14, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
Victims of the shooting at the Bataclan concert venue in central Paris are being evacuated to receive first aid. More than one hundred people were killed and many more wounded when gunmen opened fire inside the venue as the French capital has been the target of a series of deadly attacks.<br />
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  • November 14, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
Victims of the shooting at the Bataclan concert venue in central Paris are being evacuated to receive first aid. More than one hundred people were killed and many more wounded when gunmen opened fire inside the venue as the French capital has been the target of a series of deadly attacks.<br />
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  • ATTACKS OF PARIS - FLAGS OF THE WORLD FACING BATACLAN<br />
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  • ATTACKS OF PARIS - FLAGS OF THE WORLD FACING BATACLAN<br />
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  • ATTACKS OF PARIS - FLAGS OF THE WORLD FACING BATACLAN<br />
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  • ATTACKS OF PARIS - FLAGS OF THE WORLD FACING BATACLAN<br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Dec. 15, 2015 - Paris, France - <br />
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Special forces rescue operation in Paris<br />
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A special forces rescues a sick man from the top of the Sacre-Coeur basilic in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2015 <br />
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
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Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
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Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
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But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
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Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
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Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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Nitric or s
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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Nitric or s
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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Nitric or s
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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Nitric or s
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
<br />
Nitric or s
    Exclusivepix_Acid_Attack2.jpg
  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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Nitric or s
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  • Landmines afghanistan<br />
Exclusive Text and photos: Ton Koene/Exclusivepix Media<br />
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Afghanistan is one big minefield. An estimated 10 million mines are spread over the country. Grazing lands, waterways, schools, paths, villages and cities are infested with mainly Anti-personal mines.  Landmines were predominantly placed during the civil war in the nineties when Russia fought the Mujehadien freedom fighters. Mine clearance teams in Afghanistan report finding literally dozens of types of landmines, mainly from the ex-USSR, but also from Belgium, Italy, US and the UK. The most infamous mine used during the Soviet Union's occupation period was the so-called 'butterfly' mine. Helicopter crews dropped untold numbers (figures range into the millions) of the small mines from the air. They were designed to flutter to the ground without exploding, and to thousands of children they resembled butterflys or toys. Several demining organisations are working in various places inside Afghanistan but demining is a very slow process. It takes weeks to clear a small piece of land as deminers go inch by inch. Despite the international efforts to demine parts of Afghanistan, it will take another few hundred years to make Afghanistan mine free, at the speed it is going right now. Every day, dozens of civilians across Afghanistan, often children step on landmines and loose limbs or even die. In Afghanistan, accurate and exhaustive figures of the disabled population are not available. Those with mobility impairments could be around one million, of whom approximately 50,000 to 100,000 are limb amputees and their number is constantly increasing. ICRC is the main organization dealing with these victims. Not only providing emergency assistance to mine victims in hospitals, but also to support these victims during recovery in the ICRC physical rehabilitation center in Kabul. Here victims receive prostheses and extensive physical rehabilitation. After months of rehab, most of them are able to find the
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
<br />
Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
<br />
Nitric or s
    Exclusivepix_Acid_Attack10.jpg
  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
<br />
Nitric or s
    Exclusivepix_Acid_Attack7.jpg
  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.‚Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
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Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
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But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
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Acid Attack<br />
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Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
<br />
Nitric or s
    Exclusivepix_Acid_Attack11.jpg
  • Narayanganj, Bangladesh - <br />
<br />
Acid Attack<br />
<br />
Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault. It is defined as the act of throwing acid onto the body of a person "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill.” Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long term consequences of these attacks include blindness and permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties. These attacks are most common in Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Globally, at least 1500 people in 20 countries are attacked in this way yearly, 80% of whom are female and somewhere between 40% and 70% under 18 years of age.<br />
<br />
Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of assualt in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people‚ faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge.<br />
<br />
But the scars left by acid are not just skin deep. In addition to the inevitable psychological trauma, some survivors also face social isolation and ostracism that further damage their self-esteem and seriously undermine their professional and personal futures. Women who have survived acid attacks have great difficulty in finding work and, if unmarried (as many victims tend to be), have very little chance of ever getting married. In a country like Bangladesh this has serious social and economic consequences.<br />
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Nitric or s
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  • MEDAN, INDONESIA - JUNE 30: <br />
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Victims of Indonesian Military Plane Crash<br />
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Indonesia military lift the bodies of Indonesia air force Hercules C-130 that crashed at Adam Malik hospital on June 30 in Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. An Indonesian air force Hercules C-130 plane with 12 crew aboard has crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city Medan. A hospital official said at least thirty people were killed.<br />
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  • MEDAN, INDONESIA - JUNE 30: <br />
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Victims of Indonesian Military Plane Crash<br />
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Indonesia military lift the bodies of Indonesia air force Hercules C-130 that crashed at Adam Malik hospital on June 30 in Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. An Indonesian air force Hercules C-130 plane with 12 crew aboard has crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city Medan. A hospital official said at least thirty people were killed.<br />
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  • MEDAN, INDONESIA - JUNE 30: <br />
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Victims of Indonesian Military Plane Crash<br />
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Indonesia military lift the bodies of Indonesia air force Hercules C-130 that crashed at Adam Malik hospital on June 30 in Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. An Indonesian air force Hercules C-130 plane with 12 crew aboard has crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city Medan. A hospital official said at least thirty people were killed.<br />
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  • MEDAN, INDONESIA - JUNE 30: <br />
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Victims of Indonesian Military Plane Crash<br />
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Indonesia military lift the bodies of Indonesia air force Hercules C-130 that crashed at Adam Malik hospital on June 30 in Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. An Indonesian air force Hercules C-130 plane with 12 crew aboard has crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city Medan. A hospital official said at least thirty people were killed.<br />
©Ahmad Ridwan Nasution/Exclusivepix Media
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  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • The incredible survival stories of six brave woman horrifically disfigured in acid attacks who refuse to be victims<br />
<br />
Brave teenagers left disfigured by sick acid attackers have revealed how they felt their flesh burn and melt away during the onslaught.<br />
Laxmi was just 16 when a 32-year-old man drenched her face in acid because she rejected his romantic advances.<br />
<br />
Now 24, she has told how she was pinned down by her twisted attacker but bystanders ignored her horrified screams and fled instead of helping her.<br />
She said: “I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend.<br />
<br />
"Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face.<br />
“I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms.<br />
<br />
“That reflex action saved me from losing my vision. Acid corrodes quickly.”<br />
<br />
Within seconds she had “lost her face” and was left needing at least 11 surgeries.<br />
<br />
She added: “I had lost my face, my ear had melted and both my arms were charred black. A politician’s driver took me to a hospital, where I was to stay for the next 10 weeks.<br />
<br />
“I saw myself in the mirror at the end of 10 weeks and couldn't believe what the acid had done to me. The doctors had to remove the entire skin from my face and keep it bandaged.<br />
“I’ve already had seven surgeries and need at least four more before I can go in for plastic surgery, provided I can afford it. I learnt to live with the physical pain but what hurt more was the way the society reacted.<br />
<br />
“My own relatives stopped seeing me, as did my friends. I stayed indoors almost all the time for eight years.<br />
<br />
“My main attacker was out on bail within a month and he soon got married. He returned to a normal life within a month. I tried to pick up a job but nobody was willing to hire me.<br />
<br />
“Some said people will get scared if they see yo
    ExPix_Brave_woman_horrifically_disfi...jpg
  • Attacks Victims Paris 11/13/2015<br />
Victor Munoz<br />
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  • Attacks Victims Paris 11/13/2015<br />
Cecile Martin Killed at Bataclan<br />
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  • Attacks Victims Paris 11/13/2015<br />
Claire Camax<br />
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  • Attacks Victims Paris 11/13/2015<br />
Elodie Killed at  Bataclan<br />
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  • Attacks Victims Paris 11/13/2015<br />
Eric Thome<br />
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  • Attacks Victims Paris 11/13/2015<br />
journalist Guillaume Derechef Killed at Bataclan<br />
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  • Attacks Victims Paris 11/13/2015<br />
Halima Saadi<br />
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Marie Mosser and Mathias<br />
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Marie Mosser and Mathias<br />
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Matthieu Giroud<br />
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Nick Alexander<br />
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Renaud Leguen<br />
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  • Victims Father Philippe Gboho Pictured outside Court this morning<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: Stop Acid Attacks is a campaign against acid violence. They work as a bridge between survivors and the society, as most of the victims of this kind of brutal crime, which is much more grave in its impact than a rape, have isolated themselves after losing their face. Due to ignorance of the government and civil society, most survivors find no hope and stay like an outcast, in solitude. Stop Acid Attacks aims to research and track acid attack cases and compile a data to get the actual situation of survivors.<br />
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: The prime motives for acid attacks are generally a one-sided love affair, with almost 80% cases falling out of these affairs leading to the intent to disfigure the survivor. Then there are failed relationships and familial problems. Although women are the majority of people attacked with acid, men too, are increasingly becoming victims. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows:  Laxmi is 24 years old. She was 16 when a suitor threw acid on her after she refused his advances. “I'm from a poor family. My father worked as a chef in a South Delhi home. I became friend with another girl in the neighborhood and her brother soon started proposing to me. I was only 15 and he was 32. On April 18, he messaged me: I love you.  I ignored it, but the next day he messaged again: I want an instant reply.  Again, I didn't respond. Three days later, I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend. Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face. I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms. That reflex action saved me from losing my visio
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: Family portrait of Gita with her husband and her two daughters in Agra. Gita had acid thrown on her and her two daughters by her husband, whom she ended up staying with because she was seemingly faced with no other choice. Women are still viewed and treated as second-class citizens in many parts of the world, and in Gita’s case, her husband carried out his crime while inebriated because he was angry that the couple bore daughters and not sons. Their youngest daughter did not survive the acid attack. Gita’s eldest daughter, Nitu, 24, did survive. She works today with her mother at Sheroes hangout in Agra. She aspires to be a singer.<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: When dreams die, they do not make much noise. When hopes are crushed, the sighs are soundless. Acid corrodes gently. Eating away at their skin, bones and their dreams. The rest of their life begins now. A battle against unending, excruciating pain, deformity, social negligence, ostracisation and an invisible justice system. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: Picnic on a Sunday afternoon at the India Gate, one of the sights of Delhi<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
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They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: Ritu and Sonia are walking down the streets in north Delhi. “It is important to know that this is not your fault and that you don’t have to hide. You have to be proud of what you are and become an example of strength, as this could help other people then, who have to face the same problems as you” says Ritu. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: After her mother's death, Rupa was living with her stepmother in her native village in Uttar Pradesh. She didn’t want to take care of her anymore. One night, her stepmother poured acid on her while she was sleeping. Her stepmother tried her best to kill Rupa and left her without any first aid for 6 hours until her uncle reached and moved Rupa to a nearby hospital. When the facilities at the local hospital seemed inefficient in providing any relief to the girl, her uncle got Rupa to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, where she as admitted for the next 3 months. <br />
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