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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OTTER FAMILY FIGHT

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GIRAFFES DUCK FOR COVER

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ADORABLE STOAT HUNTS IN THE SNOW

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BEAR AND FOX IN SHOWDOWN

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NEW FLEECE OF LIFE FOR WHEEL CHAIR SHEEP

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POLAR BEARS HAVE A SPLASHING TIME

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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER BEAR

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

MESMERISING FIELD PATTERNS

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

AN OTTER-ONE BITES THE DUST

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STUNNING SUMATRAN TIGER CAUSES A SPLASH

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LAST MILITARY HOSPITAL TIME CAPSULE

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