内容摘要：Sheikh Abdur Rahman, mayor of Mongla town, talks to The Associated Press in Mongla, Bangladesh, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Sheikh Abdur Rahman, mayor of Mongla town, talks to The Associated Press in Mongla, Bangladesh, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Keben said she doesn’t plan to ever return to Kampi ya Samaki. Though she longs for the community.“That is the place I called home,” she said, her voice still filled with pain.

Winnie Keben gets emotional at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, on Thursday, July 21, 2022, as she narrates how she was attacked in Lake Baringo. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Winnie Keben gets emotional at Meisori village in Baringo County, Kenya, on Thursday, July 21, 2022, as she narrates how she was attacked in Lake Baringo. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Watson reported from San Diego.

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MONGLA, Bangladesh (AP) — The 29-year-old Monira Khatun was devastated after her husband abandoned her suddenly. She returned to her father only to face another blow: He died soon after, leaving her to shoulder three other family members’ care. Without any work, she was worried about how she would feed them.

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