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  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi sit under a tree in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi sit under a tree in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
    CIV09.0620.GATES0046.jpg
  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi pose for a portrait in their hometown of Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi pose for a portrait in their hometown of Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
    CIV09.0620.GATES0071.jpg
  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi pose for a portrait in their hometown of Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
    CIV09.0620.GATES0069.jpg
  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi sit under a tree in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
    CIV09.0620.GATES0041.jpg
  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi sit under a tree in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
    CIV09.0620.GATES0034.jpg
  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet greets his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi as he arrives to his parents home in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009..
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  • Kevin Kouassi Gallet and his father Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi sit under a tree in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
    CIV09.0620.GATES0036.jpg
  • Three boys help a man push a wooden scooter (chikudu) loaded with logs in Rutshuru, 70km north of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 11, 2008..
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  • Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi shows an old photo of his son Kevin Kouassi Gallet (left) outside their home in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • Hyacinthe Kouassi Koffi shows an old photo of his son Kevin Kouassi Gallet (left) outside their home in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
    CIV09.0620.GATES0126.jpg
  • Mariam Alhassan, 11, carries an empty bucket on her head as she prepares to head out to fetch water with other girls after coming home from school in the village of Ying, in the Savelugu-Nanton district, northern Ghana on Monday June 4, 2007. "I saw some other children go to school," she recalls, "but my father said we had no money for me to go. I cried and he agreed to send me." Before heading to school, Mariam I helps her mother at home by sweeping the floor, cooking, fetching water and firewood.When her father died a few years back, her older brother promised to keep her at school..
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  • Young men covered with talcum powder (used to make it more difficult for opponents to get a firm grasp) wait for wrestling matches to start during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007.<br />
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During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
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Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
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While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
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The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar group on the third day of the event. After one day
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  • Tanic Kouakou, 8, (R) and some friends carry palm nuts on their fathers cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012. Tanic goes school but helps his father on his off days.
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  • Abubakar Barrie, 8, a severely malnourished child,and his father Chernor Anhusine Barrie at the therapeutic feeding center of the Magbenthe hospital in Makeni, Sierra Leone on Thursday February 26, 2009. UNICEF sponsored some of the construction of the hospital facilities, and also provides high-protein biscuits and milk as part of a joint effort with the World Food Programme..
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  • Abubakar Barrie, 8, a severely malnourished child, drinks up under the watch of his father Chernor Anhusine Barrie at the therapeutic feeding center of the Magbenthe hospital in Makeni, Sierra Leone on Thursday February 26, 2009. UNICEF sponsored some of the construction of the hospital facilities, and also provides high-protein biscuits and milk as part of a joint effort with the World Food Programme..
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  • Cocoa farm, Central Region.<br />
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Farmer is Lawson Lanquaye Mensah, 70.<br />
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Farms cocoa since 1998, his father was also a cocoa farmer in the Eastern Region.<br />
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A bag of 65kg of cocoa beans sells for 572,000 cedis, the profit after paying farm workers, etc, is about 150k.
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  • A woman helps young men cover themselves with talcum powder as they prepare for wrestling matches during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007. The powder, fighters say, makes it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp.<br />
<br />
During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
<br />
Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
<br />
While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
<br />
The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar gr
    TGO107.jpg
  • His father Alphonse sits next to Blaise Alonda, 19, who suffers from polio, at the Loandjili hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, on Saturday December 4, 2010. Blaise first started feeling ill almost three weeks ago. He was diagnosed and treated for malaria, but woke up unable to move his arms and legs the next morning.
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  • Emanuel Nyanibo, 10, and her five-year-old brother ride Emanuel's bike to school near Savelugu, northern Ghana, on Monday June 4, 2007. "My father bought me a bike in order for me to keep going to school," says Emanuel. "He told me you have to keep going to school so that you can become president of Ghana one day."
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  • Lucie, 15, stands in the doorway of one of the rooms where she meets clients in a brothel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 17, 2013. Lucie left her father's home in northwestern Cote d'Ivoire because she couldn't get along with his third wife. She would prefer working in home cleaning, but has no references and no one will hire her. She says she's had unprotected sex with clients only 3 times, at the client's request. On those occasions, she charged 2000 CFA (4$) instead of the usual 1000. Lucie has never been to school.
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  • Diallo Mamadou Kalidou, 9 months, who suffers from anemia and malaria, sits on his father Diallo Amadou, 25, as they wait at the Libreville health center in Man, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 24, 2013.
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  • A lab technician gets a blood sample from Diallo Mamadou Kalidou, 9 months, who suffers from anemia and malaria, while he sits on his father Diallo Amadou, 25, at the Libreville health center in Man, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 24, 2013.
    CIV13.0724.UNCF0484.JPG
  • Diallo Mamadou Kalidou, 9 months old, who suffers from anemia and malaria, has his temperature taken as he sits on his father Diallo Amadou, 25, during a consultation at the Libreville health center in Man, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 24, 2013.
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  • Rebecca, 21, stands in the doorway of a friend's apartment in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 17, 2013. Rebecca exchanged sex for money for about six weeks until she decided to stop. "I couldn't have a clean conscience anymore", she says. She had started working as a sex worker after her father refused to pay for her school fees, forcing her to drop out. She's investing the money she made into a boutique she says will help her go back to school.
    CIV13.0717.UNCF0200.JPG
  • Tanic Kouakou, 8, on his father's cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
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  • Firimin Kouassi, 13, (L) and his cousin Tanic Kouakou, 8, collect avocados on Tanic's father's cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
    CIV12.0306.PROTECTION0058.JPG
  • HIV/AIDS counselor Kevin Kouassi Gallet meets with members of the Djaha family in their home in Dimbokro, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday June 19, 2009. At left is Solange Djaha Ahou, 8, and at right her father Barthelemy Djaha N'Gueran. Both are HIV-positive.
    CIV09.0619.GATES0309.jpg
  • A lab technician gets a blood sample from Diallo Mamadou Kalidou, 9 months, who suffers from anemia and malaria, while he sits on his father Diallo Amadou, 25, at the Libreville health center in Man, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 24, 2013.
    CIV13.0724.UNCF0500.JPG
  • A lab technician gets a blood sample from Diallo Mamadou Kalidou, 9 months, who suffers from anemia and malaria, while he sits on his father Diallo Amadou, 25, at the Libreville health center in Man, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 24, 2013.
    CIV13.0724.UNCF0479.JPG
  • Diallo Mamadou Kalidou, 9 months old, who suffers from anemia and malaria, has his temperature taken as he sits on his father Diallo Amadou, 25, during a consultation at the Libreville health center in Man, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 24, 2013.
    CIV13.0724.UNCF0470.JPG
  • Lucie, 15, stands in the doorway of one of the rooms where she meets clients in a brothel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 17, 2013. Lucie left her father's home in northwestern Cote d'Ivoire because she couldn't get along with his third wife. She would prefer working in home cleaning, but has no references and no one will hire her. She says she's had unprotected sex with clients only 3 times, at the client's request. On those occasions, she charged 2000 CFA (4$) instead of the usual 1000. Lucie has never been to school.
    CIV13.0717.UNCF0043.JPG
  • Lucie, 15, lies on a bed in one of the rooms where she meets clients in a brothel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 17, 2013. Lucie left her father's home in northwestern Cote d'Ivoire because she couldn't get along with his third wife. She would prefer working in home cleaning, but has no references and no one will hire her. She says she's had unprotected sex with clients only 3 times, at the client's request. On those occasions, she charged 2000 CFA (4$) instead of the usual 1000. Lucie has never been to school.
    CIV13.0717.UNCF0038.JPG
  • Tanic Kouakou, 8, walks back from fetching water on his father's cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
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  • Samson Apia Kouadio, 6, (R) Tanic Kouakou, 8, (C) and their cousin Firimin Kouassi, 13, (L) get water from a small pond on Samson and Tanic's father's cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
    CIV12.0306.PROTECTION0157.JPG
  • Samson Apia Kouadio, 6, (R) Tanic Kouakou, 8, (C) and their cousin Firimin Kouassi, 13, (L) get water from a small pond on Samson and Tanic's father's cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
    CIV12.0306.PROTECTION0155.JPG
  • Tanic Kouakou, 8, (R) and Samson Apia Kouadio, 6, walk back from picking tomatoes on their father's cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
    CIV12.0306.PROTECTION0134.JPG
  • Solange Djaha Ahou, 8, sits on the lap of HIV/AIDS counselor Kevin Kouassi Gallet during a home visit in Dimbokro, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday June 19, 2009. At right is Solange's father Barthelemy Djaha N'Gueran. Both are HIV-positive.
    CIV09.0619.GATES0326.jpg
  • Solange Djaha Ahou, 8, sits on the lap of HIV/AIDS counselor Kevin Kouassi Gallet during a home visit in Dimbokro, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday June 19, 2009. At right is Solange's father Barthelemy Djaha N'Gueran. Both are HIV-positive.
    CIV09.0619.GATES0320.jpg
  • Tanic Kouakou, 8, (L) and his cousin Firimin Kouassi, 13, head out to fetch water on Tanic's father's cocoa plantation near the town of Moussadougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
    CIV12.0306.PROTECTION0142.JPG
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