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Cry of Freedom

KHARTOUM, SUDAN

YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/GETTY

Illuminated by mobile phones, people chant slogans, including “civilian rule,” as a young man recites a poem about revolution on June 19. After dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir was deposed following 30 years of authoritarian rule in April, hopes for democracy swelled in the country but they were soon crushed when the new military government attacked protestors, killing and raping dozens.

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