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A group of people huddle together and place their hands on one another to pray for a victim of urban violence.

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Genocide & Mass Violence

Westside

Families pray together on the West Side of Chicago to remember a young girl who was raped and killed. Parents who have lost children to violence often come together here to support other families who have experienced the same tragedy.

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A man stands on a rock, looking out at the hillside above Freetown. Another man and a dog sit by his side.

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What Has Been Done, Has Been Done

Ngaujah stands on the hillside above Freetown, where he has been able to build a house of zinc metal on a small piece of land given to him by the government. He does not plan to return to Kono, the district where he was born and grew up (and where he was captured by rebels), because he believes that there are better opportunities for him and his family in Freetown, the nation’s capital. “What has been done, has been done,” he says.

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A young boy sleeps on a bed, covered in a quilt and laying on top of a wolf blanket. On the ground next to the bed is another set of rumpled bedding.

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Wikuchela Waters

Wikuchela Waters sleeps on his parents’ bed in Allen, South Dakota. Allen, part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, has been called the poorest city in America, with a per capita income of $1,539. Over 90% of the population on the Pine Ridge Reservation lives below the federal poverty line, while unemployment ranges from 85% to 90%.

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