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Demonstrators shout antigovernment slogans after riot police attacked protesters in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 17. Medical officials said four people were killed. Hassan Ammar/AP
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In this image from video, riot police fire tear gas and wield clubs while storming Pearl Square, occupied by antigovernment protesters, before dawn in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 17. Tony Mitchell/AP
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An antigovernment demonstrator stomps on a picture of Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa outside Salmaniya hospital in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 17. Hassan Ammar/AP
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Women wait outside a hospital where victims of the confrontation between antigovernment protesters and riot police were being treated in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 17. Hasan Jamali/AP
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Tanks proceed down the road to the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 17. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
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Protesters gather at Pearl Roundabout in the heart of the Bahraini capital, Manama, on Feb. 15. Thousands of Shiite protesters marched into Manama after a man was killed by police at an earlier antigovernment rally. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
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Protesters gather on the main street in the Shiite village of Sanabis on Feb. 14. Demonstrations broke out nationwide in response to calls on social media sites for major antigovernment protests and were dispersed by riot police firing tear gas and chasing demonstrators. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
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A Bahraini woman shows empty packages of tear gas used by riot police in Manama on Feb. 14. Small-scale clashes erupted as security forces tightened their grip on Shiite communities for 'Day of Rage' protests inspired by upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
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Bahraini youths demonstrate in front of the police in Manama on Feb. 14. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
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A Bahraini woman waves a Bahraini flag during an antigovernment demonstration in the village of Duraz, Bahrain, on Feb. 14. Hasan Jamali/AP
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A policeman confronts a protester in the Shiite village of Sanabis, Bahrain, on Feb. 14. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
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Bahraini women demonstrate in the village of Duraz, Bahrain, on Feb. 14. Hasan Jamali/AP
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Demonstrators chant during a protest in the village of Duraz, Bahrain, on Feb. 14. Hasan Jamali/AP
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Bahraini demonstrators run as approaching riot police fire tear gas to disperse a protest in the village of Duraz, Bahrain, on Feb. 14. Hasan Jamali/AP
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Bahraini demonstrators run from tear gas as riot police disperse a protest in the village of Duraz, Bahrain, on Feb. 14. Hasan Jamali/AP
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Molly Melching founded the nonprofit Tostan, which operates in a number of African countries. It’s known globally for alleviating poverty, as well as for helping to reduce child marriage and female genital cutting in Senegal.
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Two dozen men and women sit in a circle at a training center an hour’s drive from Dakar, the capital of Senegal. They are Muslim teachers, religious leaders, and community heads from Ghana and Nigeria who are participating in a workshop offered by Tostan, a Senegalese nonprofit.
