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Liberia and America
On assignment for TIME, photographer Patrick Robert looked at the connection between the two countries — and was drawn into fierce fighting in Monrovia

Mean Streets
Rebel fighters battle for control of a Monrovia neighborhood. The eight-week rebel assault on the capital, and efforts by pro-government militias to repel it, have seen hundreds of civilians killed in the crossfire. Shortly after taking this photo on July 19, Robert was shot in the torso and seriously wounded. He is currently recouperating in Paris

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