A former child soldier sits against a wall covered in drawings of firearms and military vehicles in a transit and orientation center for child soldiers in N'Djamena, Chad on Thursday June 10, 2010. Center workers ask children to draw anything they like as a way to understand how they feel and get a sense of what's on their minds.

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Olivier Asselin, 2010, All rights reserved

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