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David Levene

After the Thaw exhibition - in pictures

After the thaw: Armenia: Irifat Babyan looks in dismay at her apricot trees covered in snow
Armenia: Irifat Babyan looks in dismay at her apricot trees covered in snow. It is mid-April in the valleys of Vayots Dzor, but temperatures will be hitting 40 degrees in a couple of months Photograph: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
After the thaw: Armenia: One of Hasmik Josephyan's five children sits in the family home
Armenia: One of Hasmik Josephyan's five children rests on a chair in the family home Photograph: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
After the thaw: Azerbaijan: Onion farmer Rafiga Ahmedova, 48, harvests onions
Azerbaijan: Farmer Rafiga Ahmedova, 48, harvests onions from her demonstration plot in Barda Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam
After the thaw: Azerbaijan: Interanlly displaced people in Dordyol by trains they call home
Azerbaijan: Internally displaced people in Dordyol walk nearby the trains they call home. Around 60 to 70 families live in train carriages and bungalows around the Dordyol settlement, where there is no drinkable water, gas or sanitation Photograph: David Levene/Oxfam
After the thaw: Azerbaijan: Tahir Imanov, 53, and his mother Ofelia, 73
Azerbaijan: Tahir Imanov, 53, and his mother Ofelia, 73, have lived in this bungalow for over 18 years. Tahir's wife and four children also live here Photograph: David Levene/Oxfam
After the thaw: Azerbaijan: A street vendor waits for custom by the side of the road
Azerbaijan: A street vendor waits for custom by the side of the Barda-Dordyol road Photograph: David Levene/Oxfam
After the thaw: Tuva Republic, Russia
Russia: Children clamber around an abandoned car in the Tuva Republic Photograph: Justin Jin/Oxfam
After the thaw: Gelot village, Tajikistan: Abdulsalom Sharifor 29, with his wife Kibriyo 28
Tajikistan: Abdulsalom Sharifor 29, with his wife Kibriyo 28, and children, is one of the few men left in Gelot village. Most have migrated to Russia to find work Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam
After the thaw: Hasanbeg village, Tajikistan: Oor Bibi 10, sports the popular monobrow
Hasanbeg village,Tajikistan: Oor Bibi, 10, sports the monobrow unique to this area. Unmarried girls draw in the brow with the juice of the 'Usma' herb and the effect is considered beautiful - like the partridge she is holding Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam
After the thaw: South-eastern Tajikistan: Shepherds keep a watch over their livestock
Tajikistan: Shepherds keep a watch over their livestock. Only 7% of the country consists of arable land. Seasons are becoming less reliable and unusual rainfall patterns are leading to droughts and floods Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam
After the thaw: Azerbaijan: A young boy collects water in the Darğalar village of Barda
Azerbaijan: A young boy collects water in the Darğalar village of Barda, which has a population of 80 households or 400 people. Oxfam reconstructed an artesian well in Dargalar in October 2010. The village had been without drinkable water for more than two years Photograph: David Levene/Oxfam
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