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Top left: Baby portrait on a marble tomb stone. Child cemetery in Sumgayit city. Sumgayit city has always been the cradle of Soviet chemical industry. The child mortality rate is high there because of industrial pollution.

Top right: Refugee girl in front of Heydar Aliyev presidential campaign poster. Sabirabad tent settlement. During elections, refugee populations are being bribed to vote for government candidates. Posters of Aliyev dynasty adorn the walls of many refugee homes.

Bottom left: Last day of life. Woman on her death bed in a condemned house. Mahalla slums, Baku.

Bottom right: Body-builder showing off his muscles at a Mr. Azerbaijan competition. Baku.