A large number of soldiers return as amputees, and many suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Once home, they face stigma and a grueling course of rehabilitation.
Aleksandr, left, who lost his leg to a mine in Ukraine, had his prothesis adjusted by Yuri A. Pogorelov at Rus’ Sanatorium outside Moscow, in November.
Venomous snakes bite millions of people worldwide each year, killing at least 120,000. Many of them are poor people in rural areas of Africa without easy access to treatment.
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