Summary The world is captivated by a photo captured by photojournalist Saeko Shirasu that shows a flag silhouetted by praying women in the war-torn Central Asian nation Uddiyana. Shirasu meets with her friend and mentor, a fellow photographer named Keiichi Akagi. He recalls having met Shirasu five years earlier when she was a young student transfixed by a photo in an exhibition of his. After befriending Shirasu, Akagi asked her if she wanted to take the opportunity to travel to Uddiyana in the midst of its ongoing civil war. Later, in the capital city Subasci, the UN helps liberate the […]
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