The devastating plight of the Rohingya

Members of Myanmar's Muslim minority are fleeing sectarian violence at a frighteningly unprecedented rate

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(Image credit: Rohingya refugees walk across fields at dusk after crossing the border from Myanmar in Gundum, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: A Rohingya girl holds her brother as she arrives in Tuangiri, Teknaf, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: Rohingya refugees are held by Bangladesh border guards after crossing the border in Teknaf, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: Rohingya refugees walk on a muddy path after crossing the border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: A young Rohingya man carries an elderly woman, after the wooden boat they were traveling on from Myanmar crashed.)

(Image credit: Rohingya refugees walk through a paddy field after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.)

(Image credit: Rohingya refugees carry their child through water after crossing the border by boat through the Naf River in Teknaf, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: A Rohingya woman cries after crossing the border.)

(Image credit: Rohingya refugees wait to receive relief goods in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: One of the refugee camps in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: Rohingya refugee girls carry metal pitchers with water at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: Rohingya refugee children carry an old woman in a sling near Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: Newly arrived Rohingya stretch out their hands to receive puffed rice food rations donated by local volunteers in Kutupalong, Bangladesh.)

(Image credit: Rohingya Muslim refugees wait after crossing the border in Gundum, Bangladesh.)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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