Glenna Gordon

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  • The edge of a makeshift refugee camp in Monguno, a part of Northern Nigeria previously held by Boko Haram but recently retaken by the Nigerian army. There aren't enough formal camps or shelters so many people gather thatch and build small huts.
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  • Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, it is mandatory for all students to attend {quote}Convocation,{quote} which is a cross between a prayer session, pep rally, and night club.
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  • A man relaxes on one the upper levels of the Ducor Hotel on May 19, 2016. The hotel was once a four start destination, then a building filled with people displaced by the civil war between 1997-2003, and now, an abandoned former investment of Qaddafi's. It is unclear what will happen to the structure. Photo by @glennagordon for @smithsonianmag#Liberia #Africa #WestAfrica #EverydayAfrica #antebellum #architecture #Monrovia #ducor
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  • The chess set made by the group of Western hostages held in Northern Syria by IS.
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