Kung Kemika, the owner of the largest shrine devoted to the mythical Buddhist Brahmin Chu Chok.

This girl lives in one of the larger camps in Myanmar's Rakhine State, Thet Key Pyin, which is home to about five thousand Rohingya muslims. Families live in overcrowded and dilapidated thatched huts scattered across the camp's dusty scrub land. Jobs are scarce, malnutrition and disease are commonplace and medical treatment is almost nonexistent. One residents I spoke with justifiably referred to the camp as "a prison."

A still from a commercial I shot in Hong Kong for the custom shirt company J. J. Threads. The man in the picture is the founder Jay Wich.

A young Filipino couple pose for a picture inside their UNHCR issued bunker in Tacloban, Philippines. Their home, like that of most people in the city, was destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan.

A Sri Lankan fisherman fixes his net in Galle, Sri Lanka.

Mananya "Mama Ning" Boonmee holds "Petch," the first Look Thep doll she created in her west Bangkok home and shop.

A charcoal maker in Manila's Smokey Mountain Slum.

A young child on her father's shoulders at a party outside of NLD headquarters. Earlier that day preliminary polls reported that the NLD had secured an overwhelming victory in the election.

Like thousands of Rohingyas in Myanmar's Rakhine State this man's son fled to Malaysia on a smuggler's ship in hopes of finding a better life. Today his son lives in Kuala Lumpur but he can't work because he doesn't have an ID accepted by the Malaysian government. Apparently, the UNHCR in Malaysia provides temporary IDs for Rohingya refugees, but the process involves a lot of red tape so his son remains jobless .

A young monk who lives in the Shan rebel camp of Loi Tai Leng, Myanmar.

Ua Akalatep is one of Thailand's best known fortune tellers. What makes him unique is his roulette wheel, which he uses to predict the future for celebrities and prominent politicians.