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Wheelchair users in Africa await pope’s arrival

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Paul Mitemberezi, a market vendor who has been disabled since he was 3 because of polio, leaves his house for the North Kivu Paralympic League, in Goma, democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday Jan. 17. When Pope Francis arrives in Congo and South Sudan Jan. 31, thousands of people will take special note of a gesture more grounded than the sign of the cross. Watching from their wheelchairs, they will relate to the way he uses his.
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Paul Mitemberezi, a market vendor who has been disabled since he was 3 because of polio, leave his house for work, in Goma, democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday Jan. 17.
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Paul Mitemberezi, a market vendor who has been disabled since he was 3 because of polio, arrives at the North Kivu Paralympic League to play basketball, in Goma, democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday Jan. 17.
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Paul Mitemberezi, a market vendor who has been disabled since he was 3 because of polio, plays basketball at the North Kivu Paralympic League, in Goma, democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday Jan. 17.
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Paul Mitemberezi, a market vendor who has been disabled since he was 3 because of polio, plays basketball at the North Kivu Paralympic League, in Goma, democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday Jan. 17.
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Wheelchair user Seme Lado Michael sits outside his office in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Jan. 13.
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Wheelchair user Susan Samson is seen outside her home in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Jan. 15.
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Wheelchair user Susan Samson leaves her home to go to church in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Jan. 15.
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Wheelchair user Susan Samson leaves her home to go to church in Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Jan. 15.
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Wheelchair user Susan Samson leaves her home to go to church in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Jan. 15.
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Wheelchair user Susan Samson, center right, sings at a church in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Jan. 15.

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