Mercy Kennedy (left) sits with her caregiver, Martu Weefor, after school at her home in Monrovia, Liberia. At the age of 9, Mercy lost her mother to Ebola as one of the world’s deadliest viruses swept through her neighborhood, killing people house by house. International Red Cross auditors in November found $6 million lost to fraud and corruption during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa with overpriced supplies, salaries for nonexistent aid workers and fake customs bills. (Associated Press/File)
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