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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

A tuareg orphan, his parents dead in last year's drought, lies on the ground in the refugee camp

Date1/31/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: A tuareg orphan; his parents dead in last year's drought; lies on the ground in the refugee camp. When he became ill last month he was taken to the dispensary; which he left when he felt better. But when he got ill again he was not taken back. There is no doctor.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0117912F
    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
    Tuareg Nomads, their herds destroyed by six years of drought, are among the worst-off of the refugees in the Sahel
    Tuareg Nomads, their herds destroyed by six years of drought, are among the worst-off of the refugees in the Sahel
    Spremo, Boris
    1/31/1974
    August 2nd. Edmonton. . .Part II of series. Frank Van Doorn lies on the ground writhing in agony and complaining that his back hurts after coming in second to Bowen in a 400 metre heat
    August 2nd. Edmonton. . .Part II of series. Frank Van Doorn lies on the ground writhing in agony and complaining that his back hurts after coming in second to Bowen in a 400 metre heat
    Bezant, Graham
    n.d.
    Deep in a Swiss valley lies beautiful Engelberg, where last year's ski-running chan held
    Deep in a Swiss valley lies beautiful Engelberg, where last year's ski-running chan held
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    2/23/1939
    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
    Spremo, Boris
    1/31/1974
    Down and out. Edmonton quarterback Tom Wilkinson grimaces in pain as he lies on ground late in the first quarter of yesterday afternoon's Grey Cup game at CNE Studium
    Down and out. Edmonton quarterback Tom Wilkinson grimaces in pain as he lies on ground late in the first quarter of yesterday afternoon's Grey Cup game at CNE Studium
    Spremo, Boris
    11/25/1973
    Officer's gun: A policeman's gun lies on the ground outside the open door of the car that pulled over the gunman
    Officer's gun: A policeman's gun lies on the ground outside the open door of the car that pulled over the gunman
    Millar, Cal
    9/17/1984
    Wounded youths are recovering, Shot last Thursday in a North York shopping plaza, Joseph Boni, 18, lies in bed and talks with his hospital roommate, Dan Gregor, 18, shot by the same gunman
    Wounded youths are recovering, Shot last Thursday in a North York shopping plaza, Joseph Boni, 18, lies in bed and talks with his hospital roommate, Dan Gregor, 18, shot by the same gunman
    Teskey, Frank
    8/4/1971
    Creaking vehicle: Sir John Mills (seated), stars as chief magistrate Posket and Dominic Guard is his son, Cis, in Little Lies, which opened last night at the Royal Alex
    Creaking vehicle: Sir John Mills (seated), stars as chief magistrate Posket and Dominic Guard is his son, Cis, in Little Lies, which opened last night at the Royal Alex
    Combs, Erin
    9/18/1984
    Swimming pool at Bathurst Manor children's camp lies empty
    Swimming pool at Bathurst Manor children's camp lies empty
    Spremo, Boris
    5/16/1969
    A bullet in his chest, 15-year-old Norman Savory lies in a hospital bed, one of three persons who was shot at a party in a Wallace Ave. house yesterda(...)
    A bullet in his chest, 15-year-old Norman Savory lies in a hospital bed, one of three persons who was shot at a party in a Wallace Ave. house yesterda(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    12/26/1974
    A war orphan from Cambodia, Suvann Ratha, 5 months old, gets welcoming kisses in Montreal last night from her new parents, Thomas and Adela Beasley of(...)
    A war orphan from Cambodia, Suvann Ratha, 5 months old, gets welcoming kisses in Montreal last night from her new parents, Thomas and Adela Beasley of(...)
    Loek, Dick
    4/6/1975