Apr 19, 2012 4:50 PM

Gallery: New Photos Show a Reality the 'Kony 2012' Video Misses

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*Pork supplier in Gulu.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*
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*Advertisements and NGO billboards clutter every spot of available real estate at a round about in Gulu.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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*A young girl holds her sister in Lahibi, on the outskirts of Gulu.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*
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*Religious elders fill up on a buffet lunch served during a workshop while a Spanish telenovela plays in the background.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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*Gulu's fast growth has left little room for animals to graze.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*
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*Kony2012 is screened for a group of civil society leaders in Gulu on Mar. 30. Many were torn between being glad for the attention and funding, and disliking the film and Invisible Children's Gulu operations.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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*At a church on the outskirts of Gulu, hundreds of people gather to celebrate Palm Sunday on Apr. 1.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*
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*Augustine Ochara sells chickens, and poses with one.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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*A bus breaks down on the Gulu-Kitgum highway in Northern Uganda.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*
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*Kids play in an abandoned railway car.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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*Dr. Alex Layoo, the director of the Kitgum Hospital. His typical day includes deciding whether to spend limited funds on the generator or the ambulance.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*
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*School children play in the puddles.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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*Families of patients, Catholic sisters, and nurses gather at Lacor Hospital in Gulu. Missionaries and international aid groups have worked in the region for many years.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*
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*A woman purchases goods at a shop in Kitgum.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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*At the end of the day, market boys burn the trash and hang out before heading home.* *Photo: Glenna Gordon*

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