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  • Nurse Christina Quarshey fills a chart to help track the growth of a child at the Osu Maternity Home in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday June 16, 2009.
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  • Tarah, 7, helps her mother Edith Saysay, 35, clean dishes  outside their home in the village of Jenneh, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. As part of a UNICEF sponsored social cash transfer programme, Edith and her family receive 2650 Liberian dollars (approx. 36 USD) per month. The money has allowed her to buy cassava from which she makes fufu that she then sells for profit. She also uses some of the money to send all of her seven children to school. Before joining the programme, only 3  of her children attended school.
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  • Nurse Esther Bonsu helps Florence Andoff breast feed her 1-day-old boy at the La Polyclinic in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday June 16, 2009.
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  • A woman cooks outside the basic shelter where she lives with her family at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • Two girls hold hands while they carry a bucket in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday June 16, 2009.
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  • A man counts money he's just received from a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • Project staff hold a beneficiary card during a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme distribution in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • A staff member from a local bank counts money during a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme distribution in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • A woman carries a suitcase she purchased at a non-food item fair in the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012. Displaced people who have lost most of their belongings as they fleed their homes receive coupons their can exchange for goods at a fair held in partnership with local traders.
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  • Displaced people wait in line to receive coupons during a non-food item fair at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012. Displaced people who have lost most of their belongings as they fleed their homes receive coupons their can exchange for goods at a fair held in partnership with local traders.
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  • A girl holding a UNHCR issued card waits in line to receive coupons during a non-food item fair at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012. Displaced people who have lost most of their belongings as they fleed their homes receive coupons their can exchange for goods at a fair held in partnership with local traders.
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  • A health worker examines a sick child in a clinic run by MSF next to the Tabacongo health center, in the town of Tabacongo, Katanga province, on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • A health worker takes a child's temperature in a clinic run by MSF next to the Tabacongo health center, in the town of Tabacongo, Katanga province, on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • A woman holds her daughter as they wait at the Kasambondo health center in the village of Kasambondo, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012..
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  • An infant receives BCG vaccine during a routine vaccination session at the Kasambondo health center in the village of Kasambondo, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012..
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  • Ramatu Zango holds her 7-month-old daughter Sekinata Sakande (7.7 kg) while discussing with nurse Denise Kalmoni at the Osu Maternity Home in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday June 16, 2009.
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  • A group of men carry a motorcycle across an overflowing river near the town of Amakpa, Benin on Tuesday September 18, 2007. International NGO Plan said at least 50 villages in Benin had been destroyed by floods that affected at least 1.5 million people in 18 countries across Africa.
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  • Togolese refugees at a UNHCR food distribution centre in the Ghanaian Volta region. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
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  • A man counts money he's just received from a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • Money is handed out to beneficiaries during a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme distrubution in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • A woman receives money during a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme distribution in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • A staff from a local bank holds a handfull of money during a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme distribution in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • A child sits on the ground at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • Children stand between basic shelters made of tarp at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • A girl carries a younger child at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • A woman shops for plastic containers during a non-food item fair in the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012. Displaced people who have lost most of their belongings as they fleed their homes receive coupons their can exchange for goods at a fair held in partnership with local traders.
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  • A woman with a mattress and a suitcase she bought during a non-food item fair at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012. Displaced people who have lost most of their belongings as they fleed their homes receive coupons their can exchange for goods at a fair held in partnership with local traders.
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  • Displaced people wait in line to receive coupons at a non-food item fair at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012. Displaced people who have lost most of their belongings as they fleed their homes receive coupons their can exchange for goods at a fair held in partnership with local traders.
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  • A woman holds a sheet of coupons she's received during a non-food item fair at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012. Displaced people who have lost most of their belongings as they fleed their homes receive coupons their can exchange for goods at a fair held in partnership with local traders.
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  • Latrines outside the Tabacongo health center, in the town of Tabacongo, Katanga province, on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • Portrait of a woman holding a colorful umbrella outside the Tabacongo health center, in the town of Tabacongo, Katanga province, on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • A boy who suffers from malaria lies on a bed in a clinic run by MSF next to the Tabacongo health center, in the town of Tabacongo, Katanga province, on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • Polio and BCG vaccine on a cold pack at the Kasambondo health center in the village of Kasambondo, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • Meeting for members of a breast feeding support group at the La Polyclinic in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday June 16, 2009.
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  • Nurse Eugenia Beatson meets with Ramatu Zango talk about her 7-month-old daughter Sekinata Sakande (7.7 kg) during a counseling session at the Osu Maternity Home in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday June 16, 2009.
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  • A group of men carry a motorcycle across an overflowing river near the town of Amakpa, Benin on Tuesday September 18, 2007. International NGO Plan said at least 50 villages in Benin had been destroyed by floods that affected at least 1.5 million people in 18 countries across Africa.
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  • A man carries another on his back across an overflowing river near the town of Amakpa, Benin on Tuesday September 18, 2007.
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  • A staff member from a local bank counts money during a UNICEF-sponsored social cash transfer programme distribution in the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. Beneficiary households receive monthly transfers that vary according to the size of the household, with additional sums provided for each child enrolled in school. Families are selected for participation in the programme based on two key criteria: they must be both extremely poor and labour-constrained.
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  • A boy stands in the doorway of a temporary shelter made from UNHCR-provided tarp at the Miketo IDP settlement, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday February 19, 2012.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • A priestess possessed by spirits chants over past and current shrine servants during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Offering of gin made during "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • A woman sets bowls, pots and dishes on an elevated dish rack, used to dry dishes instead laying them directly on the ground, outside her home in the village of Kawejah, Grand Cape Mount county, Liberia on Friday April 6, 2012. As part of the UNICEF-sponsored CLTS (community-led total sanitation) programme, such racks are built by families to help improve hygiene conditions and prevent the spread of diseases.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
    GHA06.1222.CATWALK682.jpg
  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • A group of students gather to discuss HIV/AIDS at the Zogbeli Junior Secondary School in Tamale, Ghana on Thursday June 7, 2007. The group uses HIV/AIDS information booklets to help students engage in discussion.
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  • Current and past shrine servants bound with rope during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Shrine servant possessed by spirits during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Children listen while a staff member from UNICEF partner organization OIS Afrique speaks about female genital mutilation during a community gathering in the town of Katiola, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday July 13, 2013. Through group workshops and home visits, the organization works with communities and FGM/C practitioners to help put an end to the practice.
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  • Women beat shea paste by hand to help form emulsion at the Si Yiriwa shea processing center in the town of Diolila, Mali on Friday January 15, 2010.
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  • Women beat shea paste by hand to help form emulsion at the Si Yiriwa shea processing center in the town of Diolila, Mali on Friday January 15, 2010.
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  • Women beat shea paste by hand to help form emulsion at the Si Yiriwa shea processing center in the town of Diolila, Mali on Friday January 15, 2010.
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  • Women beat shea paste by hand to help form emulsion at the Si Yiriwa shea processing center in the town of Diolila, Mali on Friday January 15, 2010.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
    GHA06.1222.CATWALK678.jpg
  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
    GHA06.1222.CATWALK671.jpg
  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
    GHA06.1222.CATWALK667.jpg
  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
    GHA06.1222.CATWALK644.jpg
  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
    GHA06.1222.CATWALK542.jpg
  • Women chanting during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Beads worn by members of a local shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Head priest spitting gin on shrine servant to purify her during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Current and past shrine servants have their wrists bound with rope during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Current and past shrine servants being beaten to purify their sins during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Dead chicken sacrificed during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Both chickens lay on their left side, indicating that the shrine servant is free to go. One or both of the chickens laying on their right side would mean the servant needs to spend another three months at the shrine. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Head priest about to sacrifice a chicken during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Head priest about to sacrifice a chicken during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Head priest about to sacrifice a chicken during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Priestess receiving a gin offering during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Shrine servant kneeling during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Ankle bracelet and offering of gin at a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Traditional rituals take place during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Baimba Sesay and his cousin Ibrahim Sesay, both 15, in the town of Makeni, Sierra Leone, on Friday February 27, 2009. The boys were arrested and spent 6 days in jail after being caught stealing goods from a catholic mission. They say friends came to ask them for help to carry the goods, but that they were unaware that they were in fact stealing them. When the police showed up, their friends ran away, but Baimba and Sesay, not knowing what was going on, stayed put and got caught. Their family paid the bail, both boys are now attending school.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • Beads worn by members of a local shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Arm bracelets worn by the head priest during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Akia, 7, who doesn't go to school, accompanies an uncle to help him with field work outside the town of Faye, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Monday March 5, 2012.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • 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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  • Ndeye Sarr, 25, shows dermatosis affecting the skin of her face and neck. Sarr was visiting the traditional medicine center in Fatick, Senegal, because she said doctors elsewhere had been unable to help her with her skin problem. The center mixes modern medicine techniques with African medicine provided by traditional healers.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • Kihouala Koné, 51, cooking outside the restaurant she owns in the town of Katiola, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday July 12, 2013. Kihouala underwent FGM as a child. She encourages other women in her community to speak out about their experience to help end the practice.
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  • Koffi Affoue Ange, 10, (L) and Drissa Amoin Rose, 11, (R) use machetes to clear dry leaves under cocoa trees on their family's cocoa plantation near the village of Soumaorodougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday March 3, 2012. They go to school but help with farming chores on weekends.
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  • Kouassi Konan Cedric, 12, uses a machete to clear dry leaves under cocoa trees on his family's cocoa plantation near the village of Soumaorodougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday March 3, 2012. He goes to school but help with farming chores on weekends.
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  • Children walk to their family's cocoa plantation to work near the village of Soumaorodougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday March 3, 2012. All of them go to school but help with farming chores on weekends.
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  • Women listen during a meeting on ways to improve child protection in the village of Podio, Bas-Sassandra region, Côte d'Ivoire on Friday March 2, 2012. As part of the UNICEF-sponsored project, community workers visit each community twice a month during a period of six months to help them find their own ways to better protect children..
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  • Traditional healer Kama Mbagnick holds a handful of wooden chips from a local tree used for its healing properties as he explains their usage to patient Ndeye Sarr (left) at the traditional medicine center in Fatick, Senegal on August 6, 2009. Sarr was visiting the center because of skin problems she said doctors elsewhere were unable to help resolve.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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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.
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  • Kihouala Koné, 51, outside the restaurant she owns in the town of Katiola, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday July 12, 2013. Kihouala underwent FGM as a child. She encourages other women in her community to speak out about their experience to help end the practice.
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  • Kihouala Koné, 51, outside the restaurant she owns in the town of Katiola, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday July 12, 2013. Kihouala underwent FGM as a child. She encourages other women in her community to speak out about their experience to help end the practice.
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  • Koffi Affoue Ange, 10, uses a machete to clear dry leaves under cocoa trees on her family's cocoa plantation near the village of Soumaorodougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday March 3, 2012. She goes to school but help with farming chores on weekends.
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  • Koffi Affoue Ange, 10, (R) and Drissa Amoin Rose, 11, (L) use machetes to clear dry leaves under cocoa trees on their family's cocoa plantation near the village of Soumaorodougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday March 3, 2012. They go to school but help with farming chores on weekends.
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  • Drissa Amoin Rose, 11, uses a machete to clear dry leaves under cocoa trees on her family's cocoa plantation near the village of Soumaorodougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday March 3, 2012. She goes to school but help with farming chores on weekends.
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  • Drissa Amoin Rose, 11, uses a machete to clear dry leaves under cocoa trees on her family's cocoa plantation near the village of Soumaorodougou, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday March 3, 2012. She goes to school but help with farming chores on weekends.
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  • Models wearing outfits from the Tina Atiemo Collection walk down the catwalk during the Catwalk the World fund raising fashion show at the Golden Tulip hotel in Ghana's capital Accra on Friday Dec. 22, 2006. The show features the work of top African designers and is part of a world-touring fundraiser organized by the United Nations' World Food Programme and Health PR to help fight hunger worldwide.
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