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Young child stands in a ruined landscape under a sun, with a flower and kneeling figures.

Young child stands in a ruined landscape under a sun, with a flower and kneeling figures.

A young girl stands in the center of a ruined landscape — broken buildings and cracked earth around her — yet she is upright, eyes lifted toward a bright, rising sun. Her clothes are torn and dusty, but she stands barefoot and proud. Around her feet, the ground is muddy, hinting at a recent disaster, while behind her, the silhouette of a journalist kneels beside a figure half-buried in clay, holding her hand. The girl is the only one looking directly at the camera — her posture unbroken, strong, defiant. A single flower grows beside her foot, pushing through the cracked soil. See more