Villagers plant rice in Srekor village. Most residents of the village — which will be submerged when a new dam starts up — have been relocated.
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Thousands are being displaced by new dam construction. "I cannot leave my ancestors here," says a woman whose village will be submerged by the dam. "If I abandon them, I won't know who I am."
An official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency talks to people at Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center, which has been a shelter for evacuees from Hurricane Harvey, on Sept. 2.
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Demonstrators on the campus of Metropolitan State University of Denver protest President Trump's decision to end the DACA program.
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Villagers plant rice in Srekor village. Most residents of the village — which will be submerged when a new dam starts up — have been relocated.
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