Female genital mutilation in Kenya - in pictures

From Global development | The Guardian Thu Nov 20 2014, 10:31:17

About 140 million girls around the world are living with the consequences of FGM. Kenya has banned the practice but it remains prevalent in some communities. Reuters photographer Siegfried Modola gained rare access to a ceremony:

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