Orphaned children and the abandoned dogs they love

In Bangladesh, an Australian photographer finds a tight-knit, motley family

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(Image credit: (Sam Edmonds))

There is a small park in southwest Dhaka where several Bangladeshi children live side by side with dogs.

The kids find squirt guns and carry out rambunctious water wars. They fight, make up again, share what snacks they can rustle up, and then, when night falls, they hunker down to sleep.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.