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Laundry hangs on a clothes line in front of the accommodation where some patients and their family members stay while seeking medical treatment in Beijing, China, January 11, 2016. In the shadow of one of China's top cancer hospitals in Beijing, a catacomb-like network of ramshackle brick buildings has become a home-from-home for hundreds of cancer patients and their families waiting for treatment. The cluster of nine buildings, connected by dark, narrow passageways, offers cheap accommodation for patients unable to afford a coveted hospital room, a reflection of the vast inequalities in China's overburdened healthcare system. These “cancer hotels” have sprung up near hospitals around the country to house some of the more than three million people diagnosed with cancer in China every year. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
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