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A young boy walks along a path at a refugee camp in Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, on May 13, 2009. Troops secured footholds Wednesday in a Pakistani valley overrun by the Taliban, killing 11 militants and reportedly discovering five headless corpses near the region's main town, the army said.

This image didn't make the final cut for The Week in Pictures, but it reminded me of W. Eugene Smith's picture "The Walk to Paradise Garden." The circumstances of the subjects are very different, but I like that quietness, and the photographer's use of light and composition.

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