World Lens: Week of September 20

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Black-eyed Peas - A woman in Senegal sifts black-eyed peas alongside other worker at a company that transforms peas into flour. In the face of a shaky food situation in this country and abroad, residents are using locally-produced cowpea flour as a less-expensive base for bread and Senegalese dishes traditionally made with pricey imported wheat. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Black-eyed Peas - A woman in Senegal sifts black-eyed peas alongside other worker at a company that transforms peas into flour. In the face of a shaky food situation in this country and abroad, residents are using locally-produced cowpea flour as a less-expensive base for bread and Senegalese dishes traditionally made with pricey imported wheat. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Accused Pirates - Seven accused Somali pirates sit at the Mombasa Law Courts in Kenya as a magistrate handed down his ruling Thursday. All were jailed five years after being found guilty of piracy. The mean were arrested by a Spanish naval warship in 2009 as they were trying to hijack the cargo ship MV Anny Petrakis along the Gulf of Arden. (AP Photo)

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Accused Pirates - Seven accused Somali pirates sit at the Mombasa Law Courts in Kenya as a magistrate handed down his ruling Thursday. All were jailed five years after being found guilty of piracy. The mean were arrested by a Spanish naval warship in 2009 as they were trying to hijack the cargo ship MV Anny Petrakis along the Gulf of Arden. (AP Photo)

Language Discrimination? - South African twin sisters Luthando and Lusanda Nxasana are pictured in their Johannesburg home after school. According to Luthando, she was kicked out of class for speaking her first language at school. The incident has prompted government investigations. (AP Photo/Tawnada Mudimu)

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Language Discrimination? - South African twin sisters Luthando and Lusanda Nxasana are pictured in their Johannesburg home after school. According to Luthando, she was kicked out of class for speaking her first language at school. The incident has prompted government investigations. (AP Photo/Tawnada Mudimu)

Forever Changed - Kodjovi Obilale, a former soccer player from Togo, sits outside of a French rehabilitation center. Obilale, once an active, healthy goalkeeper, is now crippled and wheelchair-bound following the attack on Togo’s bus at the Africa Cup of Nations eight months ago. FIFA is now promising to help the player who had been fighting to be compensated. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

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Forever Changed - Kodjovi Obilale, a former soccer player from Togo, sits outside of a French rehabilitation center. Obilale, once an active, healthy goalkeeper, is now crippled and wheelchair-bound following the attack on Togo’s bus at the Africa Cup of Nations eight months ago. FIFA is now promising to help the player who had been fighting to be compensated. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

Guinea Elections - Cellou Dalein Diallo, Guinea’s leading presidential candidate, listens while the acting President General Sekouba Konate addresses candidates and officials at the People’s Hall in Conakry, Guinea. After voting was delayed this summer, Konate has asked the national independent electoral commission (CENI) to set a date for second round of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Guinea Elections - Cellou Dalein Diallo, Guinea’s leading presidential candidate, listens while the acting President General Sekouba Konate addresses candidates and officials at the People’s Hall in Conakry, Guinea. After voting was delayed this summer, Konate has asked the national independent electoral commission (CENI) to set a date for second round of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Police, Protestors Clash - South African police escort an injured protestor Tuesday in a Cape Town slum. Police clashed with protestors after they were called to clear shacks – thereby displacing slum dwellers— from a nature reserve. (AP Photo/Chad Chapman)

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Police, Protestors Clash - South African police escort an injured protestor Tuesday in a Cape Town slum. Police clashed with protestors after they were called to clear shacks – thereby displacing slum dwellers— from a nature reserve. (AP Photo/Chad Chapman)

Stigma - Stigma also puts too many African Americans at higher risk for HIV and AIDS. Many at risk for HIV infection fear stigma more than knowing their status, choosing instead to hide their high-risk behavior rather than seek counseling and testing. For example, in a recent study of men who have sex with men (MSM) in five cities, 67% of the HIV infected black MSM were unaware of their infection.

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Orphaned by AIDS - Here, an 18-year-old orphan, whose mother died of AIDS when he was 14, speaks to the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa. According to experts, there are a growing number of teen orphans whose needs aren’t being met. Government anti-retroviral drugs help children infected with HIV live longer, whereas one-third of children without access to the drugs die before age one, according to an AIDS charity. (AP/Tawanda Mudimu)

Global Initiative Meeting - Musician and former Haitian presidential candidate Wyclef Jean shakes hands and former U.S. President Bill Clinton during the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative Meetings on Thursday. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

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Global Initiative Meeting - Musician and former Haitian presidential candidate Wyclef Jean shakes hands and former U.S. President Bill Clinton during the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative Meetings on Thursday. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Mexican Drug War - Bladimiro Montalvo, mayor of the town of Santiago in Mexico, sits at his desk during an interview with the Associated Press at his offices. Montalvo, 67, tries to avoid ending up like his predecessor who was kidnapped and shot to death last month by his own police officers, said to be linked to the Zetas drug cartel. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)

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Mexican Drug War - Bladimiro Montalvo, mayor of the town of Santiago in Mexico, sits at his desk during an interview with the Associated Press at his offices. Montalvo, 67, tries to avoid ending up like his predecessor who was kidnapped and shot to death last month by his own police officers, said to be linked to the Zetas drug cartel. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)