World Refugee Day: A Photo Essay

Prisca Poly carries her baby Ngoy Mukelo on her back while John
Mukelo speaks to Lubung Mukelo, 4 at the Refugee Day at Nay Aug park.

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Prisca Poly carries her baby, Ngoy Mukelo, on her back while John Mukelo speaks to Lubung Mukelo, 4, at World Refugee Day at Nay Aug Park in Scranton.

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Moshia Sadaya, 5, of Scranton opted for the American flag face paint.

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Nanda and Deepa Iagun and their daughters Bhawana, 16, and Sristee, 10, wait to perform a Nepalese cultural dance.

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Cousins, all from Africa, Moses Muisgha, 6, Akeza Providence, 8, Clarissa Unease, 13, Isimbi Keza Jesca, 8, Alliance Uwase, 17, and Gloria Uwajeneza, 13, play with bubbles at the World Refugee Day event.

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Women try various ethnic foods at World Refugee Day.

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Nalusumu Bile and Mwefu Mwefu of Tanzania try different ethnic foods.

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Cynthia Kiyungi, 14, and Lilla Kiyungi both of Uganda and friend Marama Mussa of Ethiopia stop by a table sponsored by the University of Scranton which gave out treat bags.

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Sristee, 10, and Bhawana Lagun, 16, of Nepal perform a cultural dance.

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Ushu Mukelo, with the Congolese Community of Scranton,

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Ushu Mukelo, of the Congolese Community of Scranton, and the Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton, listen as Chandra Sharma, of the Bhutanese Cultural Foundation of Scranton Association, speaks at World Refugee Day.

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