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The invisible child

I was doing research on human trafficking in the Balkans. While walking towards a popular square, I came across this Roma child. He was begging for coins and occasionally singing and playing his drum. As he begged, the pedestrians nonchalantly walked by rarely noticing the existence of the poor child.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2019
Photo Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Camera: NIKON D5600
Copyright: © Atsuki Takahashi