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. The young girl living with albinism, an only child from a single-parent household, says completing school is her only hope for the future.

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Location: Dedza, Malawi
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