palong khali bangladesh hannah mckay first foreign assignment three months join reuters photograph rohingya muslims refugee camp bangladesh photographers hear around 5,000 people head area try find way across border neighbour myanmar account happen next stand look paddy field grasslands lot water one thin path lead border myanmar distance could see huge group people move clock afternoon two hours leave daylight decide move towards take us hour along muddy path meet border guard persuade let us pass saw thousands refugees sit bangladeshi border guard tell us go back could see something go behind crowd wait opportunity move close saw crowd sit riverbank behind three meter river hundreds refugees come across every minute non-stop end people people carry baby elderly people escort water mud knee-deep photograph everyone come towards us woman appear get point need get footpath exhaust anything leave get two refugee men level try push reach help another reuters photographer adnan abidi take hand another photographer take another get leg get within range case drag lay minutes idea happen many people around chaos decide get river get different view difficult even us energy spare people around us walk days get back bank find nothing hold onto two cameras weigh two refugee men reach hand pull bank keep say thank understand overwhelm make think woman pull try job camera hand heart overrule head camp everything quite settle saw real chaos refugees desperate situation hear see completely different thing relate photo reut.rs/2yp96r4 picture story reach rescue rohingya woman