Austin Merrill

Everyday Africa

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Austin Merrill on KCRW

We often only see foreign countries in the aftermath of a natural disaster or a terrorist attack, but these images hardly paint the whole picture of a place.  They don’t show the…

Everyday Instagram

We often only see foreign countries in the aftermath of a natural disaster or a terrorist attack, but these images hardly paint the whole picture of a place.  They don’t show the…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

There are some places in the world we only hear about when something awful happens, when there’s a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or deadly epidemic.

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There are some places in the world we only hear about when something awful happens, when there’s a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or deadly epidemic.

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