Jack Gruber | Photojournalist

Rajima, 4, with smudged tears on her face stands in front of the family home in the village of Anbar Somuch, Afghanistan which was burned and destroyed during the Taliban regime. The child and her family have returned to the village hoping to rebuild and survive the oncoming winter.

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