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Sheikh Mohammadie Begum's children (right) are seen amused by seeing her iris scan on the monitor as part of the enrollment that is on its way in Naagaaram village, outskirts of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. India is assigning each one of its 1.2 billion people a unique ID number based on digital finger prints and iris scan. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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Sheikh Mohammadie Begum's children (right) are seen amused by seeing her iris scan on the monitor as part of the enrollment that is on its way in Naagaaram village, outskirts of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. India is assigning each one of its 1.2 billion people a unique ID number based on digital finger prints and iris scan. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos