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    The Wider Image: The Congolese amputee giving new prosthetic limbs

    Melissa Hamuli, 30, whose legs were paralyzed during a bombardment, amid armed conflict between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army, poses in her home ahead of her visit to the Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center to receive her orthoses, in Goma, North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 22, 2025. Orthoses are externally worn supports designed to stabilize or assist movement in injured or impaired body parts. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi SEARCH "BASHIZI GOMA PROSTHESIS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
    The Wider Image: The Congolese amputee giving new prosthetic limbs
    The Wider Image: The Congolese amputee giving new prosthetic limbs

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