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December, 2011
An almajiri - student in Quranic school - takes a rest on the floor of the room that is used as a sleeping quater, at Imam Mussa Liman Zakari’s Koranic school in Kawo, Kaduna.
Between the ages of six and sixteen, the Almajiris are raised by a scholar known as a Mallam who teaches them to read and write Arabic, and to learn the Koran off by heart. This ancient form of Muslim education is widespread in North Nigeria. According to estimates some ten million boys are Almajiris. Quite often the Mallam does not look after the children, leaving them to their own devices, and they resort to begging to survive. This solely Islamic education effectively excludes the boys from mainstream society, and it is believed that they are a source of recruits for the Islamist sect Boko Haram.
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kub049se0039
December, 2011
An almajiri - student in Quranic school - takes a rest on the floor of the room that is used as a sleeping quater, at Imam Mussa Liman Zakari’s Koranic school in Kawo, Kaduna.
Between the ages of six and sixteen, the Almajiris are raised by a scholar known as a Mallam who teaches them to read and write Arabic, and to learn the Koran off by heart. This ancient form of Muslim education is widespread in North Nigeria. According to estimates some ten million boys are Almajiris. Quite often the Mallam does not look after the children, leaving them to their own devices, and they resort to begging to survive. This solely Islamic education effectively excludes the boys from mainstream society, and it is believed that they are a source of recruits for the Islamist sect Boko Haram.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3698
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A family leaves the city of Zonkwa in a van painted with the Nigerian flag. A wave of reprisal was launched by the Christians in Kaduna State, after riots and attacks erupted from defeated Muhammadu Buhari’s partisans, Zomkwa, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3698
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A family leaves the city of Zonkwa in a van painted with the Nigerian flag. A wave of reprisal was launched by the Christians in Kaduna State, after riots and attacks erupted from defeated Muhammadu Buhari’s partisans, Zomkwa, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
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3680
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Young girls look at the damage caused by the explosion of homemade bomb, kept in a private house in Mando, Kaduna State, Nigeria, the 10th of December 2011.
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3680
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Young girls look at the damage caused by the explosion of homemade bomb, kept in a private house in Mando, Kaduna State, Nigeria, the 10th of December 2011.
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3710
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A Civil Security officer stands in front of Saint Theresa catholic church, which has been targeted on Christmas day, Madalla, Nigeria, the 26th of December 2011.
Boko Haram claims they perpetrated 5 bombings all over the country during the Christmas period. The Madalla bombing being the largest one.
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3710
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A Civil Security officer stands in front of Saint Theresa catholic church, which has been targeted on Christmas day, Madalla, Nigeria, the 26th of December 2011.
Boko Haram claims they perpetrated 5 bombings all over the country during the Christmas period. The Madalla bombing being the largest one.
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3687
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Men are praying during the Friday prayer, next to a destroyed mosque at the Kafanchan car park, Kafanchan, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
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3687
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Men are praying during the Friday prayer, next to a destroyed mosque at the Kafanchan car park, Kafanchan, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
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3676
A NATION LOST TO GODS
After the post-election violence, hundreds of men and boys have been arrested, beaten and sent to court. This day about three hundred and fifty of them had to sit in the Tao street Court of Justice, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 21st of April 2011.
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3676
A NATION LOST TO GODS
After the post-election violence, hundreds of men and boys have been arrested, beaten and sent to court. This day about three hundred and fifty of them had to sit in the Tao street Court of Justice, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 21st of April 2011.
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3696
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor visits Saint Theresa Church, in Madalla after the Christmas bomb attack. The Pastor is the leader of the very powerful Christian organisation CAN (Christian Association of Nigeria) and of the Word Of Life Bible Church, Madalla, Nigeria, the 27th of December 2011.
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3696
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor visits Saint Theresa Church, in Madalla after the Christmas bomb attack. The Pastor is the leader of the very powerful Christian organisation CAN (Christian Association of Nigeria) and of the Word Of Life Bible Church, Madalla, Nigeria, the 27th of December 2011.
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3679
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Men carry bags of flour and wamk through the rubbles of Kafanchan market, which has been burnt down during attacks probably led by Christians, during politico-sectarian violences in April 2001, Kafanchan, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
In Kafanchan, seventy four persons lost their lives.
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
Men carry bags of flour and wamk through the rubbles of Kafanchan market, which has been burnt down during attacks probably led by Christians, during politico-sectarian violences in April 2001, Kafanchan, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
In Kafanchan, seventy four persons lost their lives.
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3692
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A woman prays during Sunday mass at the Assembly of Life, in Sabangeri, Kano, Nigeria, the 4th of March 2012.
Kano is the second largest city in Nigeria. It has been repeatedly and agressively targeted by the sect, since January 2012. Police stations, Secret Services headquarter have been attacked. Some members of the Christian community want to stay there, versus moving to the predominantly South.
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3692
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A woman prays during Sunday mass at the Assembly of Life, in Sabangeri, Kano, Nigeria, the 4th of March 2012.
Kano is the second largest city in Nigeria. It has been repeatedly and agressively targeted by the sect, since January 2012. Police stations, Secret Services headquarter have been attacked. Some members of the Christian community want to stay there, versus moving to the predominantly South.
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3709
A NATION LOST TO GODS
An old man and other destitutes take shelter under a bridge, during the post-election curfew imposed after riots and uprisings, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
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3709
A NATION LOST TO GODS
An old man and other destitutes take shelter under a bridge, during the post-election curfew imposed after riots and uprisings, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
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3703
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Children swim in the Kaduna River. The river became the separation dividing line between the Muslims, in the North and Christians, in the South, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 12th of December 2011.
Until 2000 – 2001, both groups were living together without any tension. The killings occurred when Sharia law was imposed in twelve of the Northern States.
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
Children swim in the Kaduna River. The river became the separation dividing line between the Muslims, in the North and Christians, in the South, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 12th of December 2011.
Until 2000 – 2001, both groups were living together without any tension. The killings occurred when Sharia law was imposed in twelve of the Northern States.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3708
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Young Almajiris put corn in bags, that they are going to store, use and sell in the Koranic school of Imam Mussa Liman ZAkari, in Kawo, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 10th of December 2011.
From the age of six to sixteen, the Almajiris are sent by their family to a Koranic teacher. This Muslim education is very ancient and quite common in the Northern part of the country. The Almajiris are believed to be about 10 million people. Although children are often neglected by their mall am and need to beg during day time to survive. Their education, Muslim teaching, Koran reading, and Arabic writing make it difficult for them to integrate with the rest of society. They are often believed to join Boko Haram ranks once grown up, because of the lack of opportunities, resources etc…
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
Young Almajiris put corn in bags, that they are going to store, use and sell in the Koranic school of Imam Mussa Liman ZAkari, in Kawo, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 10th of December 2011.
From the age of six to sixteen, the Almajiris are sent by their family to a Koranic teacher. This Muslim education is very ancient and quite common in the Northern part of the country. The Almajiris are believed to be about 10 million people. Although children are often neglected by their mall am and need to beg during day time to survive. Their education, Muslim teaching, Koran reading, and Arabic writing make it difficult for them to integrate with the rest of society. They are often believed to join Boko Haram ranks once grown up, because of the lack of opportunities, resources etc…
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3704
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Berom men from Vom try to extract tin from former mining dumps, in Dogo Nahawa, Plateau State, not far from Jos, Nigeria, the 22nd of December 2011.
Plateau State and Jos have been the epicentre of sectarian violence which occurred repeatedly over the past ten years in the region of the Middle Belt. The roots of sectarian violence are many: access to ressources, power struggle, ethnicity etc...
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3704
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Berom men from Vom try to extract tin from former mining dumps, in Dogo Nahawa, Plateau State, not far from Jos, Nigeria, the 22nd of December 2011.
Plateau State and Jos have been the epicentre of sectarian violence which occurred repeatedly over the past ten years in the region of the Middle Belt. The roots of sectarian violence are many: access to ressources, power struggle, ethnicity etc...
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
Muslim school girls walk in the street after school, Tundun Wada, Kaduna, the 11th of December 2011.
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
Muslim school girls walk in the street after school, Tundun Wada, Kaduna, the 11th of December 2011.
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3683
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A man prays in Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, cloth to Abuja. Saint Theresa was the target of a bombing on Christmas day, claimed by the Islamic sect Boko Haram, Madalla, Nigeria, the 26th of December 2011.
About thirty people lost their life in the attack.
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3683
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A man prays in Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, cloth to Abuja. Saint Theresa was the target of a bombing on Christmas day, claimed by the Islamic sect Boko Haram, Madalla, Nigeria, the 26th of December 2011.
About thirty people lost their life in the attack.
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
People attending service at the Assembly of Life Pentecostal Church leave money on the stage where the pastor preaches, Sabangeri, Kano, Nigeria, the 4th of March 2012.
Kano is the second largest city in Nigeria. It has been repeatedly and agressively targeted by the sect, since January 2012. Police stations, Secret Services headquarter have been attacked.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3702
A NATION LOST TO GODS
People attending service at the Assembly of Life Pentecostal Church leave money on the stage where the pastor preaches, Sabangeri, Kano, Nigeria, the 4th of March 2012.
Kano is the second largest city in Nigeria. It has been repeatedly and agressively targeted by the sect, since January 2012. Police stations, Secret Services headquarter have been attacked.
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3691
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Jos Catholic Archbishop, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, enters for Christmas Eve’s mass, in Holy Lady of Fatima Cathedral, celebrated at the end of the day to avoid night time for security reasons, Jos, Nigeria, the 24th of December 2011.
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
Jos Catholic Archbishop, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, enters for Christmas Eve’s mass, in Holy Lady of Fatima Cathedral, celebrated at the end of the day to avoid night time for security reasons, Jos, Nigeria, the 24th of December 2011.
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
A young girl looks at her house turned to rubbles by homemade bombs which exploded next door in Mando, close to Kaduna. On site weapons were found as well, Mando, Nigeria, the 10th of December 2011.
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3707
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A young girl looks at her house turned to rubbles by homemade bombs which exploded next door in Mando, close to Kaduna. On site weapons were found as well, Mando, Nigeria, the 10th of December 2011.
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3678
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A view over Gada Biu, a poor neighbourhood in Jos, Nigeria, the 13th of March 2012.
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
A view over Gada Biu, a poor neighbourhood in Jos, Nigeria, the 13th of March 2012.
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3706
A NATION LOST TO GODS
An Almajiri holds doves for sale in his hands. Maiduguri is the city where Boko Haram is originally from. The state of emergency has been declared by the President, Goodluck Jonathan in January 2012. Since then Maiduguri is under military authority, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, the 14th of December 2011.
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3706
A NATION LOST TO GODS
An Almajiri holds doves for sale in his hands. Maiduguri is the city where Boko Haram is originally from. The state of emergency has been declared by the President, Goodluck Jonathan in January 2012. Since then Maiduguri is under military authority, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, the 14th of December 2011.
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3705
A NATION LOST TO GODS
The mother of Sunday Pam collapses during the burial. Sunday, 27 years old, has been killed in the suicide attack targeting the catholic Church Saint Finbar, in Rayfield, Jos South. Boko Haram claim to be the perpetrators of the suicide attack, Jos South, Nigeria, the 12th of March 2012.
The jihadist militant organisation has been leading for the past three years a serie of attacks and bombings. They targeted churches and Nigerian Forces authorities. The insurgents have been spreading terror in the Northern part of the country. Some States live in an atmosphere of civil war, and the state of emergency has been declared in some parts of the Federation.
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3705
A NATION LOST TO GODS
The mother of Sunday Pam collapses during the burial. Sunday, 27 years old, has been killed in the suicide attack targeting the catholic Church Saint Finbar, in Rayfield, Jos South. Boko Haram claim to be the perpetrators of the suicide attack, Jos South, Nigeria, the 12th of March 2012.
The jihadist militant organisation has been leading for the past three years a serie of attacks and bombings. They targeted churches and Nigerian Forces authorities. The insurgents have been spreading terror in the Northern part of the country. Some States live in an atmosphere of civil war, and the state of emergency has been declared in some parts of the Federation.
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3682
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Lydia Patrick, 25 years old, has been attacked with her village at night, in March 2010. She tried to protect her face with her hands, which have been cut. The attack was perpetrated by nomad pastoral Fulanis, Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, the 22nd of December 2011.
Her life now will never be the same as she cannot attend domestic tasks anymore, and therefore get married. The tensions between nomads and farmers are old in the Middle Belt. One more time they divide religious, ethnic communities.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3682
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Lydia Patrick, 25 years old, has been attacked with her village at night, in March 2010. She tried to protect her face with her hands, which have been cut. The attack was perpetrated by nomad pastoral Fulanis, Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, the 22nd of December 2011.
Her life now will never be the same as she cannot attend domestic tasks anymore, and therefore get married. The tensions between nomads and farmers are old in the Middle Belt. One more time they divide religious, ethnic communities.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3688
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Two Berom minors do the Makam with Burukutu, or home brewed alcohol sharing. The drink helps them to mine tin for hours in a tiny whole deep in the ground, Kuru Jenta, not far from Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, the 14th of April 2011.
Kuru Jenta is a village that has been half destroyed and deserted by the Hausa community in January 2010. Hundred and fifty bodies were discovered after the attack. Since then the village, entirely Berom, relies on tin extraction to live.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3688
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Two Berom minors do the Makam with Burukutu, or home brewed alcohol sharing. The drink helps them to mine tin for hours in a tiny whole deep in the ground, Kuru Jenta, not far from Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, the 14th of April 2011.
Kuru Jenta is a village that has been half destroyed and deserted by the Hausa community in January 2010. Hundred and fifty bodies were discovered after the attack. Since then the village, entirely Berom, relies on tin extraction to live.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3690
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Berom men from Vom try to extract tin from former mining dumps, in Dogo Nahawa, Plateau State, not far from Jos, Nigeria, the 22nd of December 2011.
Plateau State and Jos have been the epicentre of sectarian violence which occurred repeatedly over the past ten years in the region of the Middle Belt. The roots of sectarian violence are many : access to ressources, power struggle, ethnicity etc...
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3690
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Berom men from Vom try to extract tin from former mining dumps, in Dogo Nahawa, Plateau State, not far from Jos, Nigeria, the 22nd of December 2011.
Plateau State and Jos have been the epicentre of sectarian violence which occurred repeatedly over the past ten years in the region of the Middle Belt. The roots of sectarian violence are many : access to ressources, power struggle, ethnicity etc...
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3700
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Imam Muhammed Nurayn Asahfa and Pastor James Wuye seat side by side, in a TV studio, at a local TV station in Kaduna. They are trying to send out peace messages after the elections in April 2011. Both, formerly involved in sectarian violence, created in 1995, the “Interfaith Mediation Centre” to work on reconciliation of religious communities in the Middle Belt, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 20th of April 2011.
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3700
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Imam Muhammed Nurayn Asahfa and Pastor James Wuye seat side by side, in a TV studio, at a local TV station in Kaduna. They are trying to send out peace messages after the elections in April 2011. Both, formerly involved in sectarian violence, created in 1995, the “Interfaith Mediation Centre” to work on reconciliation of religious communities in the Middle Belt, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 20th of April 2011.
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3685
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Lawali Abubakar, seventeen years old, rests at the Gwagwalada Hospital, in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, the 26th of December 2011.
Lawali was injured as he was walking by Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, on Christmas day. This is when a bombing took place, killing thirty people in the blast. The attacks were claimed by Boko Haram.
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3685
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Lawali Abubakar, seventeen years old, rests at the Gwagwalada Hospital, in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, the 26th of December 2011.
Lawali was injured as he was walking by Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, on Christmas day. This is when a bombing took place, killing thirty people in the blast. The attacks were claimed by Boko Haram.
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3699
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Three men carry flour bags. They are trying to save what is left from the fire which has destroyed the entire market. This market, one of the largest ones in the Southern part of Kaduna State, was owned by Hausas, but also a few Christians, Kafanchan, Nigeria, the 24th of April 2011.
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3699
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Three men carry flour bags. They are trying to save what is left from the fire which has destroyed the entire market. This market, one of the largest ones in the Southern part of Kaduna State, was owned by Hausas, but also a few Christians, Kafanchan, Nigeria, the 24th of April 2011.
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3686
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Aid Group members finish their prayer in front of Jos Central Mosque, after having helped with security and money collecting, Jos, Nigeria, the 9th of March 2012.
Those groups are likely boy scouts within the Muslim community.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3686
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Aid Group members finish their prayer in front of Jos Central Mosque, after having helped with security and money collecting, Jos, Nigeria, the 9th of March 2012.
Those groups are likely boy scouts within the Muslim community.
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3697
A NATION LOST TO GODS
In the Muslim area of Zonkwa, the soil is still tainted by the blood of families who have been massacred during the night of the 19th to the 20th April 2011. A wave of reprisal was launched by the Christians in Kaduna State, after riots and attacks erupted from defeated Muhammadu Buhari’s partisans, Zomkwa, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
During this night, Muslim families were dragged out of their houses and killed on the street. The police was alerted, but only showed up in the early hours of the morning. Tenses of corpses had been thrown into wells and victims had to be buried in a hurry in a mass grave, as calm was restored.
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3697
A NATION LOST TO GODS
In the Muslim area of Zonkwa, the soil is still tainted by the blood of families who have been massacred during the night of the 19th to the 20th April 2011. A wave of reprisal was launched by the Christians in Kaduna State, after riots and attacks erupted from defeated Muhammadu Buhari’s partisans, Zomkwa, Nigeria, the 25th of April 2011.
During this night, Muslim families were dragged out of their houses and killed on the street. The police was alerted, but only showed up in the early hours of the morning. Tenses of corpses had been thrown into wells and victims had to be buried in a hurry in a mass grave, as calm was restored.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3675
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Two Special Forces soldiers, on duty as the newly elected Vice President, Namadi Sambo, demonstrate their skills to photographer, in Kaduna, Nigeria, the 28th of April 2011.
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3675
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Two Special Forces soldiers, on duty as the newly elected Vice President, Namadi Sambo, demonstrate their skills to photographer, in Kaduna, Nigeria, the 28th of April 2011.
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3674
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Berom girls cry at the funeral of Sunday Pam. Sunday, 27yo, has been killed in the suicide attack targeting the catholic Church Saint Finbar, in Rayfield, Jos South. Boko Haram claim to be the perpetrators of the suicide attack, Jos South, Nigeria, the 12th of March 2012.
The jihadist militant organisation has been leading for the past three years a serie of attacks and bombings targeting churches and Nigerian Forces authorities. The insurgents have been spreading terror in the Northern part of the country. Some States live in an atmosphere of civil war, and the state of emergency has been declared in some part of the Federation.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3674
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Berom girls cry at the funeral of Sunday Pam. Sunday, 27yo, has been killed in the suicide attack targeting the catholic Church Saint Finbar, in Rayfield, Jos South. Boko Haram claim to be the perpetrators of the suicide attack, Jos South, Nigeria, the 12th of March 2012.
The jihadist militant organisation has been leading for the past three years a serie of attacks and bombings targeting churches and Nigerian Forces authorities. The insurgents have been spreading terror in the Northern part of the country. Some States live in an atmosphere of civil war, and the state of emergency has been declared in some part of the Federation.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3673
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Men finish clearing the police station on Zaria Road in Kano, after the January 2012 attack. This was one of the most sophisticated and lethal attacks ever and was carried out by the Salafist group Boko Haram, against the Nigerian security forces, Kano, Nigeria, the 5th of March 2012.
Kano is the second largest city in Nigeria. It has been repeatedly and aggressively targeted by the sect, since January 2012. Police stations, Secret Services headquarters have been attacked.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3673
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Men finish clearing the police station on Zaria Road in Kano, after the January 2012 attack. This was one of the most sophisticated and lethal attacks ever and was carried out by the Salafist group Boko Haram, against the Nigerian security forces, Kano, Nigeria, the 5th of March 2012.
Kano is the second largest city in Nigeria. It has been repeatedly and aggressively targeted by the sect, since January 2012. Police stations, Secret Services headquarters have been attacked.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3684
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Bodies of post-electoral violences rest among other corpses in the morgue of Saint Gerard Hospital, Kaduna, the 20th of April 2011.
The post-election violence was in time very short but extremely brutal. In a matter of a few days, over eight hundred people lost their lives.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
Bodies of post-electoral violences rest among other corpses in the morgue of Saint Gerard Hospital, Kaduna, the 20th of April 2011.
The post-election violence was in time very short but extremely brutal. In a matter of a few days, over eight hundred people lost their lives.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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A NATION LOST TO GODS
After being seriously beaten up during post-electoral violence in April 2011, this young man awaits receiving care in the emergency room, at Saint Gerard Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 20th of April 2011.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3695
A NATION LOST TO GODS
After being seriously beaten up during post-electoral violence in April 2011, this young man awaits receiving care in the emergency room, at Saint Gerard Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 20th of April 2011.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL
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3677
A NATION LOST TO GODS
During the curfew imposed by the authorities, a burnt body lies on the street in a pre-dominantly Muslim area, Tudun Wada, in Kaduna. Tudun Wada has been one of the first neighbourhood where the post-election violence started, April 2011. Under the body one can read “NO MORE PDP (PDP being the party in power) and “CPC” which is the opposition party under the lead of Muhammadu Buhari, the champion of the Hausas and the majority of people in the North, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 19th of April 2011.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3677
A NATION LOST TO GODS
During the curfew imposed by the authorities, a burnt body lies on the street in a pre-dominantly Muslim area, Tudun Wada, in Kaduna. Tudun Wada has been one of the first neighbourhood where the post-election violence started, April 2011. Under the body one can read “NO MORE PDP (PDP being the party in power) and “CPC” which is the opposition party under the lead of Muhammadu Buhari, the champion of the Hausas and the majority of people in the North, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 19th of April 2011.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3701
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A group of young Muslims set the Independent Electoral Commission offices on fire, when they hear the results of the presidential elections, Ungwarimi, Kaduna, the 18th of April 2011.
This is the day after the results of the presidential elections have been announced. Group of youngsters, disappointed and enraged by the defeat of their champion, Muhammadu Buhari, manifest their anger organising riots. Those acts of political nature rapidly aligned with religious groups.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3701
A NATION LOST TO GODS
A group of young Muslims set the Independent Electoral Commission offices on fire, when they hear the results of the presidential elections, Ungwarimi, Kaduna, the 18th of April 2011.
This is the day after the results of the presidential elections have been announced. Group of youngsters, disappointed and enraged by the defeat of their champion, Muhammadu Buhari, manifest their anger organising riots. Those acts of political nature rapidly aligned with religious groups.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
Mandatory Credit: BenedicteKurzen DO NOT CROP OR ALTER IN ANY WAYS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHER APPROVAL
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3681
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Electoral board for President Goodluck Jonathan in a street just beside a whore house, which has been bombed the night before the elections, Kabala West, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 16th of April 2011.
The PDP – People Democratic Party – has been the ruling party ever since the military regime fell in 1999. It works with a “zoning” internal and informal agreement, meant to alternate the presidential role between someone from the North and then someone from the South. Jonathan is predominantly Christian. He succeeds President Yaradua, who was from the predominantly Muslim North.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3681
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Electoral board for President Goodluck Jonathan in a street just beside a whore house, which has been bombed the night before the elections, Kabala West, Kaduna, Nigeria, the 16th of April 2011.
The PDP – People Democratic Party – has been the ruling party ever since the military regime fell in 1999. It works with a “zoning” internal and informal agreement, meant to alternate the presidential role between someone from the North and then someone from the South. Jonathan is predominantly Christian. He succeeds President Yaradua, who was from the predominantly Muslim North.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3694
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Policemen and civil security agents stand in front of a PDP flag, during the last political rally before elections, in Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria, the 26th of march 2011.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3694
A NATION LOST TO GODS
Policemen and civil security agents stand in front of a PDP flag, during the last political rally before elections, in Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria, the 26th of march 2011.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3693
A NATION LOST TO GODS
These men are hired to entertain and promote the ruling party, PDP, during the last political rally before the elections, in Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria, the 26th of March 2011.
The PDP has been in power for the past twelve years.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
3693
A NATION LOST TO GODS
These men are hired to entertain and promote the ruling party, PDP, during the last political rally before the elections, in Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria, the 26th of March 2011.
The PDP has been in power for the past twelve years.
© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR
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3588
Héritage toxique
Kohtla Jarvae / Estonie
Les tas de scories des usines de produits chimiques dans le nord de l'Estonie se composent principalement de restes d'huile de schiste. L'eau qui est déversée sur ces tas élimine le sulfure et d'autres produits chimiques toxiques. Celle-ci est alors recueillie dans des tranchées mais elle finit par s'infiltrer dans les rivières environnantes qui ont désormais perdu toute trace de vie biologique.
© Gerd Ludwig
14/04/2009 3588
14/04/2009
Héritage toxique
Kohtla Jarvae / Estonie
Les tas de scories des usines de produits chimiques dans le nord de l'Estonie se composent principalement de restes d'huile de schiste. L'eau qui est déversée sur ces tas élimine le sulfure et d'autres produits chimiques toxiques. Celle-ci est alors recueillie dans des tranchées mais elle finit par s'infiltrer dans les rivières environnantes qui ont désormais perdu toute trace de vie biologique.
© Gerd Ludwig
For field 'Date Created' 1/1 stands for month and day not specified.
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4888
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Severny pit is one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4888
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Severny pit is one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4879
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Miners smoke under a "No Smoking" sign after work at the Severny pit, one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4879
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Miners smoke under a "No Smoking" sign after work at the Severny pit, one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4889
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
People walk by an empty boarding house in Vorkuta. The city’s population has fallen by a third since the break-up of the Soviet Union, when subsidies for the Far North were reduced.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4889
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
People walk by an empty boarding house in Vorkuta. The city’s population has fallen by a third since the break-up of the Soviet Union, when subsidies for the Far North were reduced.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4866
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Reindeer herders Simyon and Vanya travel hours by sled from their tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
Nomadic people like them have a mutually cautious relationship with the Russians who live in the Far North.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4866
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Reindeer herders Simyon and Vanya travel hours by sled from their tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
Nomadic people like them have a mutually cautious relationship with the Russians who live in the Far North.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4865
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Reindeer herder Simyon travel hours by sled from his tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
Construction of gas pipelines in the tundra is threatening the herders’ way of life, forcing them to travel further afield in search of pastures.Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4865
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Reindeer herder Simyon travel hours by sled from his tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
Construction of gas pipelines in the tundra is threatening the herders’ way of life, forcing them to travel further afield in search of pastures.Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4891
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Buildings around Vorkuta are being surrendered to the elements as people flee to the south. In this apartment block on the edge of the tundra in Yor Shor village outside Vorkuta town, only one family is left.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4891
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Buildings around Vorkuta are being surrendered to the elements as people flee to the south. In this apartment block on the edge of the tundra in Yor Shor village outside Vorkuta town, only one family is left.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4887
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Valery Zhukov, a miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, and who is married with a daughter, is comforted by his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4887
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Valery Zhukov, a miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, and who is married with a daughter, is comforted by his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4886
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Valery Zhukov, a married miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, dances with his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood. His friend Alexander is in the back.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4886
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Valery Zhukov, a married miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, dances with his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood. His friend Alexander is in the back.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4885
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Alexander Yelpayev is a Cossack, which he describes as “a Russian with an added stamp of quality.” He lives in the outskirt of Vorkuta town.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4885
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Alexander Yelpayev is a Cossack, which he describes as “a Russian with an added stamp of quality.” He lives in the outskirt of Vorkuta town.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.
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4884
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Yorshor, an abandoned village near Vorkuta. Most people have left after the closure of the Soviet-era coal mine.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
4884
Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Yorshor, an abandoned village near Vorkuta. Most people have left after the closure of the Soviet-era coal mine.
Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow.
Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.