DASHIAR CHHARA (Bangladesh): Jubilant crowds celebrated as Bangladesh and India swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world’s most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands in limbo for nearly seven decades.
As the clock struck one minute past midnight, thousands of people who have been living without schools, clinics or power for a generation erupted in cheers of celebration for their new citizenship. “We have been in the dark for 68 years,” said Russel Khandaker, 20, as he danced with friends in the Dashiar Chhara enclave, which belonged to India but has now became part of Bangladesh.