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New featured picture: Dadaab mass grave. Children have walked for weeks across the desert to get to Dadaab, and many perish on the way. Others have died shortly after arrival. On the edge of the camp, a young girl stands amid the freshly made graves of 70 children, many of whom died of malnutrition.
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The photograph was taken by London-based photographer Andy Hall for the relief agency Oxfam; he is currently photographing in east Africa with Oxfam ambassador
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from the Blitz. It was closed in 1994 when the lifts wore out, but has had a second career as a filming location. (Nominated by
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says, "These two were busy padding out their nest (a hole in an embankment) next to a relatively busy footpath".
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pointed out that "there are very few FAs about elections, let alone one about a primary election."
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This week's "Featured content" covers Sunday 18 – Saturday 24 September
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New featured picture: Enzifer, of the Norwegian black metal band
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