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Sierra Leone after Charles Taylor - in pictures

Sierra Leone after Taylor: Containers of palm oil lie in front of a store in the town of Kailahun
Containers of palm oil lie in front of a store in the town of Kailahun in eastern Sierra Leone Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: A boy working to make charcoal stands in a slashed and burned area
A boy working to make charcoal stands in a slashed and burned area in the east of the country. Logging is illegal in Sierra Leone, but remains the leading cause of environmental degradation, according to the European Union Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: An artisanal miner pans for diamonds in the town of Koidu
An artisanal miner pans for diamonds in the town of Koidu Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: Sia Mondeh, 12, who would like to become a lawyer, poses for a portrait
Sia Mondeh, 12, who would like to become a lawyer, poses for a portrait in Koidu. Mondeh has no money for school fees Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: A sheet advertising a traditional medicine doctor's services hangs outside
A sheet advertising a traditional medicine doctor's services hangs outside his home by the roadside in the town of Small Sefoda. With poor health services, some in Sierra Leone rely on traditional medicines Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: Boy stands in abandoned home damaged during 1991-2002 civil war
A boy stands in an abandoned home that was damaged during the 1991-2002 civil war, with graffiti scrawled by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, in the town of Kailahun Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: A woman uses a net to catch fish in a pool of water near the city of Makeni
A woman uses a net to catch fish in a pool of water near the city of Makeni Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: Two girls sell sweets watch from their makeshift kiosk in Makeni
Two girls selling sweets watch from their makeshift kiosk in Makeni Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: Students share a desk during a mathematics class at a private school
Students share a desk during a mathematics class at the Every Nation Academy private school in the city of Makeni Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: A man has his weekly haircut in the city of Makeni
A man has his weekly haircut in the city of Makeni Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: People live in abandoned former presidential palace in Freetown
People living in makeshift apartments at an abandoned former presidential palace look out from a balcony in the capital, Freetown Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: Artisanal miners pan for diamonds, which fuelled the 1991-2002 civil war
Artisanal miners pan for diamonds, which fuelled the 1991-2002 civil war, in the town of Koidu Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: Pupils arrive for class at the Every Nation Academy private school, Makeni
Kadidiatu Swaray, 18, and her friend Mabinty Bangura, 15, arrive for class at the Every Nation Academy in Makeni Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Sierra Leone after Taylor: A headstone marks a mass grave of rebel victims in the village of Bomaru
A headstone marks a mass grave of rebel victims in the village of Bomaru, where the conflict started in 1991 Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
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