Leprosy patient in Indonesia

SUMBERGLAGAH VILLAGE, Indonesia - This Nov. 23, 2013 photo shows Samsuning, 60, (front) one of the leprosy patients at a leprosy hospital in the village of Sumberglagah in Indonesia's East Java Province. The former singer of a Javanese traditional music group had to live in a shelter for people with leprosy for decades after being exiled from her family and community due to her disease.

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