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a Han Chinese teacher instructing a class of Uyghur teenagers in China
October 26, 2020

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A Han teacher calls out the correct answer in Chinese at a Uyghur high school in Azak, Xinjiang, China. Recent media investigations show that the Chinese government have targeted Uyghurs—a Muslim minority people group—for mass detentions and even forced birth control.
Photograph by Carolyn Drake, Nat Geo Image Collection

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