Lynette, acid attack survivor
Uganda, 2025. Lynette, 27, was attacked with acid when she was three. One evening, two masked men came through the door throwing some buckets full of acid. The main suspects of the attack fell on Lynette’s stepmother ( ).
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Lynette, acid attack survivor
Uganda, 2025. Lynette, 27, was attacked with acid when she was three. One evening, two masked men came through the door throwing some buckets full of acid. The main suspects of the attack fell on Lynette’s stepmother ( ).
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Erberto Zani
Erberto Zani is an Italian freelance photojournalist based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). For over 20 years he has mainly dealt with social and environmental issues. His work has been published on BBC Newsround, Cnn Travel, Der Spiegel, El Pais, Financial Times, Lonely Planet, The Economist, The Times, among others.
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