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Children grapple with pain, bow legs linked to Lake Turkana

She cannot afford to cry under the burning sun, for she cannot let the tears soak her eyes. But as she walks under the scorching sun, bare-foot Pauline Atabo moves slowly, each little step her moment of defiance against the pain that seers her bones.

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