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Places We Run To: Central African Republic

October 20, 2010 | Pulitzer Center

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Homes built by displaced people after they fled the LRA in Central African Republic. Life for a refugee or displaced person is sometimes as traumatic as the life of fear from which they fled. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Lord's Resistance Army attacks have left many internally displaced in the Central African Republic. Pictured are some of the places they find shelter, leading lives sometimes as stressful as the lives of fear from which they fled.