Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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Left: IK wears her grief mask in her bedroom with her mother. Fiercely protective, her mother believes that instilling confidence is the only way to keep her daughter safe in a village scarred by so much trauma.

Right: IK feels a sense of relief when she is at home with her family. She wears her hope mask in the family kitchen, where so many of her joyful memories come from.

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