15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
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Taj and Akash they travel every day from station to station with their mother bagging to make a living. Train surfing is not without risk, even if dangerous and illegal, is a common form of transportation in Bangladesh. People have suffered electrocution, severed limbs, falling onto the tracks and colliding with tunnels. However, this can not stop them and jump onto moving trains running away from the police bamboo sticks become daily routine.

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Date Taken: 03.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Copyright: © Mauro De Bettio