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Week of July 18, 2009

Refugee Wedding
The groom sits between two family members on his wedding day at a camp for internally displaced people in Pakistan. Photo by Jared Ferrie.
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Some of the people who fled Pakistan's Swat Valley during the fighting between the Taliban and the government are beginning to return home. But Pakistan is still facing the biggest displacement of people in its history.

Still, there are fleeting moments of joy to be had in the face of an uncertain future. Reporter Jared Ferrie met a couple who got married at a refugee camp run by the Catholic Church. He has this Reporter's Notebook.

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