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In a recent Upworthy article, Rajiv Narayan describes how he found Made In A Free World’s Slavery Footprint, which led to his discovery that 25 slaves work for him. Check out the story and encourage your family and friends to discover...

‘Modern Day Slavery’ Legally Ties Immigrant Domestic Workers to Abusive Employers in the UK, via Michelle Chen

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A mother and her four children walked hundreds of miles from Juba, South Sudan, to the Nadapal border with Kenya where they became refugees from the fighting in their home country. In Nadapal, an MSF emergency team referred them to a hospital where they were tested for measles. Read more about the conflict in South Sudan: http://bit.ly/1aohxdM

“The Los Angeles Times published this a couple of days ago and it is, in a word, devastating. The graphic [above] was provided by the Council on Foreign Relations and it illustrates in shockingly easy-to-understand visual language the impact the anti-vaccination movement is having in countries which should be free of easily preventable diseases. Outbreaks of whooping cough, thought to be eradicated almost entirely, now appear in places like the United States and Europe with even greater frequency and in larger numbers than in the economically underdeveloped world.”

A baby sleeps next to a woman in a Catholic church in Malakal, South Sudan on Jan. 21, 2014. (Andreea Campeanu/Reuters)

A family rests under a busy bridge in Paranaque, Philippines on Jan. 24, 2014. (Ezra Acayan/NurPhoto/Zuma Press)

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Delhouse, Sri Lanka- A tea plantation worker walks past the thousands of leaves ready for harvest. Sri Lanka produces more almost 50% of the world’s tea. www.leylandcecco.com

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 1955.

Russian soldiers taking a break on looted furniture in Grozny, Chechnya.