In Malawi, people with albinism are being killed and their bodies harvested; children and adults hacked to death with machetes and kitchen knives. More than 163 people have been attacked in the past two years, at least 22, fatally. Those who have survived have been left with deep physical and psychological scars, and remain fearful that those who hunt them will return. Two sisters, both living with albinism, and their mother hide from the midday sun in the shade of their house, in a village in Dedza district, Malawi.

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Location: Dedza, Malawi
Photo credit: © Ionel Sorin Furcoi / Alamy / Afripics
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