Beginning at 5 AM, January 4, 2011, on Coromandel beaches of northeastern New Zealand, residents reported finding hundreds of snapper washed up dead, but looking well-fed and healthy.

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Mona, Koyal, Ritu, Sonia and Poppy are members of Delhi's hijra community. Photo: Jason South

There is no official count but it is thought there could be 750,000 hijras. They are often referred to as India's ''third gender'', and the name implies a journey between genders. ''It comes from the Arabic word, 'hij', meaning a journey that has begun but not ended,'' says Rahul Singh, a community worker and activist who has been involved with hijra communities for more than a decade. ''They have taken up a journey to leave the masculine form and become a woman but this cannot be completed because biologically they can never become a woman.''

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