LIVING ON WATER: REFUGEES BUILD A LIFE AT SEA

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA. Children as young as four catch fish, octopus and lobsters from handmade boats off the eastern coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Along with their families, they live in wooden huts on stilts and trade their seafood for necessities with islanders in the nearby town of Semporna. Photographer Ng Choo Kia visited the Bajau people, joining them on their pirogues, which is a long narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk, and documenting their daily life in a series of pictures.

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SNOWHERE TO HIDE MY NUTS! RARE RED SQUIRRELS FROLIC IN THE SNOW

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DAREDEVIL DINING: THE 160FT HIGH RESTAURANT

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AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: HOTEL WITH A TWIST

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ABANDONED PLAZA HOTEL

The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .

VETERAN BEATEN IN REMEMBRANCE WEEKEND ATTACK

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SLEEPING BEAUTIES

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FIRST FEMALE JACKASS

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SPECTACULAR AURORA BOREALIS

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

CAT RIPS OFF OWN EARS DUE TO UNTREATED CANCER

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CHILD SHEPHERDS OF THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS

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HOLY COW! DARING FARMERS IN THRILLING CATTLE RACE

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