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Photos from Gabriel, Koor and Garang's Trip

August 28, 2007 | Pulitzer Center
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Koor Garang, Gabriel Bol Deng and Garang Mayuol reunite en route to Nairobi for the first time since leaving Kakuma Refugee Camp. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com.

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Jen Marlowe and David Morse with Deng and Koth, two new friends in Akon. Photo credit: Captain Saleh, our pilot.

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Gabriel Bol arrives in his village, Ariang, for the first time in since he fled 20 years ago. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com.

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Homecoming celebration for Gabriel Bol in Ariang. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com.

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Gabriel Bol greets an elder in Ariang. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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A spearman welcomes Gabriel Bol back home. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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Slaughtering a bull after walking over it at the entrance of the village was a part of all three men's homecoming ritual. Photo credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., [email protected]

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Koor, Gabriel Bol and Garang prepare to speak to students at Ariang Primary School. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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Koor examines the foot of a toddler who was bitten by a poisonous snake. The nearest clinic is a day's walk from her village. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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Koor was concerned the little girl would lose her leg, if not her life. Photo Credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., [email protected].

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Koor meets his father for the first time in almost 20 years. Photo Credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., [email protected]

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Jen captures the father-son reunion. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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Going to an airstrip in Wau. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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Koor makes difficult goodbyes as we depart from Wau to Juba. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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David on a tank graveyard in Juba. Photo credit: Gabriel Bol Deng, H.O.P.E., [email protected]

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Video message to one of Gabriel Bol's friends in Syracuse from his uncle in Juba. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum and Gabriel Bol. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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Gabriel Bol and Garang are granted a brief audience with Government of South Sudan President Salva Kiir. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

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Garang and Gabriel Bol sit on the ruins of their tukul (hut) in Kakuma Refugee Camp. Photo Credit: David Morse, www.david-morse.com

Photographs from the "lost boys" and their first trip home in nearly 20 years.

Photographs by David Morse and Gabriel Bol, captions provided by Jen Marlowe.