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Counting his lost family - five a six children dead - a man in the Ethiopian refugee camp near Arabati marks the sand with a stick
Counting his lost family - five a six children dead - a man in the Ethiopian refugee camp near Arabati marks the sand with a stick

Counting his lost family - five a six children dead - a man in the Ethiopian refugee camp near Arabati marks the sand with a stick

Date1/31/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Counting his lost family - five a six children dead - a man in the Ethiopian refugee camp near Arabati marks the sand with a stick.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012814F
      Holding sick children, mothers wait for medical attention in a refugee camp at Arabati, in the highlands of Ethiopia
      Holding sick children, mothers wait for medical attention in a refugee camp at Arabati, in the highlands of Ethiopia
      Spremo, Boris
      2/1/1974
      Lual Agoth, who thinks he's about 13, walked for six months to reach the refugee camp near Torit, telling his mother as he left I cannot die here . . . I'm going to look for food and an education
      Lual Agoth, who thinks he's about 13, walked for six months to reach the refugee camp near Torit, telling his mother as he left I cannot die here . . . I'm going to look for food and an education
      Stawicki, Andrew
      5/26/1991
      A tuareg orphan, his parents dead in last year's drought, lies on the ground in the refugee camp
      A tuareg orphan, his parents dead in last year's drought, lies on the ground in the refugee camp
      Spremo, Boris
      1/31/1974
      Bones of dead animals at a refugee camp in Mali are mute testimony to the drought parching African nations
      Bones of dead animals at a refugee camp in Mali are mute testimony to the drought parching African nations
      Spremo, Boris
      7/15/1974
      Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
      Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
      Power, Peter
      5/1/1991
      Torture charge: The refugee said three Indian police officer repeatedly gouged his stomach using truncheons and pointed sticks, after he was detained for questioning early last year
      Torture charge: The refugee said three Indian police officer repeatedly gouged his stomach using truncheons and pointed sticks, after he was detained for questioning early last year
      Combs, Erin
      8/5/1987
      Road to recovery. Brenda Huber is counting the days until she can return to her family's Listowel area farm. Five-year-old Brenda is recovering in Hos(...)
      Road to recovery. Brenda Huber is counting the days until she can return to her family's Listowel area farm. Five-year-old Brenda is recovering in Hos(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      6/25/1979
      Held prisoner by Ethiopian guerrillas for six months, Cliff James of Walkerton, Ont
      Held prisoner by Ethiopian guerrillas for six months, Cliff James of Walkerton, Ont
      Bull, Ron
      9/22/1974
      Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance
      Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance
      Goode, Jeff
      3/12/1968
      Caught in the holocaust which engulfed the Downsview home of David Lumsden early today, the blanket-wrapped body of one of his six dead children is br(...)
      Caught in the holocaust which engulfed the Downsview home of David Lumsden early today, the blanket-wrapped body of one of his six dead children is br(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      3/12/1968
      Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]
      Who won, who lost in food price war? The prices are climbing back up, the chains are counting up losses, and Miracle Food Mart, the aggressor, lost most, analysts say [Incomplete]
      Beaty, Keith
      2/24/1982
      Fatal crash. Tangled wreckage marks the spot where a 30-year-old Scarborough man was killed when his car was hit yesterday by a CN Dayliner at a level(...)
      Fatal crash. Tangled wreckage marks the spot where a 30-year-old Scarborough man was killed when his car was hit yesterday by a CN Dayliner at a level(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      12/4/1978