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Metta, a survivor of female genital mutilation, poses for a photograph in the village of Sintet, in Gambia, Friday, July 26, 2024. When Metta, a mother of six from rural Gambia, heard that lawmakers were considering reversing the country's ban on female genital cutting, a centuries-old practice she underwent as a child and now fiercely opposes, she was determined that her voice be heard. She packed her bag and boarded a bus to the capital, Banjul, to join scores of women protesting in front of the parliament in this largely Muslim nation of less than 3 million people in West Africa. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

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