First Place
Stephanie Sinclair
VII for National Geographic Magazine
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"TOO YOUNG TO WED: THE SECRET WORLD OF CHILD BRIDES"
A newly married teenage Afghan girl inside her home in Takhar province. According to UNICEF, 57 percent of Afghan marriages involve girls under 16. Women's activists say up to 80 percent of marriages in the country are either forced or arranged. And the problem is particularly acute in poverty-stricken rural areas.
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