As 12-year old Ruslan sleeps, Kosta, 16, inhales glue while keeping watch for police who are looking for them, 2003. They both escaped an early morning police raid that netted 18 street children who were sleeping with them at a bridge underpass. The city of Kiev is trying to rid the Hidro Park area of the unwanted street children as a boom in luxury flats and commercial developments is underway. (Photo by Kurt Vinion /Getty Images)
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