A way of life on borrowed time


In transition: Maniq children on a vehicle which will take them to school in Satun in southern Thailand. — AFP

Deep in a Thai forest, a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.

The group closes in, shouting out to each other, and the animal falls to the ground.

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