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Olivier Laban-Mattei / Agence France-Presse

The Day Everything Changed

Around the world, men and women are struggling to survive, fighting for freedom, enduring hell and fully aware that such experiences leave permanent scars. Here are victims – of war, authoritarian regimes or the forces of nature. Some are resigned to their fate, while others are angry and have rebelled; they are all suffering, trapped in their everyday existence. Olivier Laban-Mattei (33) worked for Agence France-Presse for ten years and has spent the last five years with such men and women: in Gaza, Haiti, Iraq, Georgia, Burma and Iran, encountering the same tragic fate and also the same dignity and courage in the face of adversity.