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    The Wider Image: In Africa’s monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death

    Lituka Wenda Dety, 41, who is suffering from monkeypox, prays with her family at the grave of her baby who died when she was six months old of the same disease, in the village of Yalanga, in Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 3, 2022. At the height of her illness, Dety's throat was so sore she struggled to swallow her own saliva. Round scars still dot her body, and her bones ache. When she was ill in hospital, her six-month-old son caught monkeypox and died. He is buried in a patch of sandy earth beside her mud brick home. "We want there to be a vaccination campaign," she said. "Going by what we have suffered, if many people catch this disease it will be catastrophic." REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
    The Wider Image: In Africa’s monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death
    The Wider Image: In Africa’s monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death

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