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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby

‘Everything’s gone’: Papua New Guinea picks up the pieces in wake of widespread looting

A damaged building in Port Moresby on 12 January., 2023. Troops are patrolling the streets of Papua New Guinea's capital amid a state of emergency.
A damaged building in Port Moresby on 12 January, 2023. Troops are patrolling the streets of Papua New Guinea's capital amid a state of emergency. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Ripon Rahman spent almost two decades building his life in Papua New Guinea. After arriving in the country in 2003 from Bangladesh, he married his wife, Priscilla, in 2008. In 2019, soon after moving to Port Moresby, he defied the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic to open three shops with his brother. A year later, his son was born.

It took just one day for it all to be torn down.

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