A Look Back at Ebola in West Africa

After nearly two years battling the deadly virus, the region finally seems to be Ebola-free. None of the three countries most affected - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - has had an active case since mid-November. Ebola Deeply's team of contributors - reporters from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as international journalists - shared images of daily life in the grip of the outbreak.

West Africa and Ebola

PHOTO ESSAYS: West Africa and Ebola

As the Ebola outbreak raged, Ebola Deeply's team of contributors - reporters from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as international journalists - shared images of daily life in the grip of ...

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On Decoration Day – the day when Liberians normally honor the graves of deceased relatives – Liberian journalist Samwar Fallah went to the Disco Hill cemetery for those who had died from Ebola. “Many relatives openly wept,” Fallah wrote. “One man, Alvin Tweh, tried to speak to Ebola Deeply, but instead broke down in tears while decorating his brother’s grave.”

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