Melissa Alderton, Watching (PEOPLE 2025)

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Sitting quietly at the Colombo bus station, this man watches. He quietly waits for discarded cigarette butts dropped by commuters rushing by, who barely notice him. The language barrier prevented us from talking, however we swapped a smile and a wave.

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