Wednesday, October 03, 2007
It can’t be his child !

As Sri Lanka celebrated Universal Children’s Day and Elders’ Day on Monday, our photographer Nissanka Wijeratne captured this careless parent who openly ignored safety rules by protecting himself but allowing his child to travel on a motorbike without any protection.


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