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Lucia Feireira Ojamatos, 71, has her bandages changed on her infected legs at Colonia Antonio Alexio in Manaus, Brazil on Saturday, March 17, 2012. An orphan from the rural Amazon, she was brought to the leprosarium at age 14 by a woman who raised her. She never saw anyone from her home again.

Lucia Feireira Ojamatos, 71, has her bandages changed on her infected legs at Colonia Antonio Alexio in Manaus, Brazil on Saturday, March 17, 2012. An orphan from the rural Amazon, she was brought to the leprosarium at age 14 by a woman who raised her. She never saw anyone from her home again.