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2015 Feature:
Ebola Ravages West Africa:
For 103 days, Daniel Berehulak, a freelance photographer for The New York Times, donned a face mask, rubber boots and three pairs of gloves to photograph the deadly trail of the Ebola virus as it swept through West Africa in 2014. "Burial teams couldn't pick up bodies fast enough," said Berehulak. At an overflowing treatment facility in Monrovia, Liberia, he found gravely ill James Dorbor, 8, and his frantic father amid a chaotic scene of people sprawled in the dirt, desperate for treatment.
James convulsed and went limp before the clinic doors opened, barely clinging to life. As two health care workers carried James inside, holding him "like he was a bag of garbage" to avoid contact with the virus, Berehulak shot his photograph.
Moments later, James died -- another victim of the relentless outbreak that killed more than 10,000. "People have commented on how callous the health care workers look," said Berehulak. "That's the nature of the virus, not their behavior. It's a virus that preys on our humanity, that preys on our caring for loved ones." |