Before the light fully breaks, the camps are already awake. You hear it first—soft footsteps on packed earth, the creak of bamboo frames, a kettle set over a small flame. Then the voices. Low, steady, familiar. Another day beginning in the largest refugee settlement in the world.
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Cox's Bazar, 2026. Photo: Trenton Franklin / First Landing Studio.

Water distribution point, Cox's Bazar, 2026. Photo: Trenton Franklin / First Landing Studio.

Cox's Bazar, 2026. Photo: Trenton Franklin / First Landing Studio.