JOY AND WONDER
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December 27, 2024

JOY AND WONDER

Between the bumps of the world, exuberance shone through in 2024

By By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer 

She jumps, her eyes closed, and she grins — this little girl surrounded by gang violence in her own neighborhood in Haiti. The jump rope game she is playing brings out an exuberance in her that the conditions around her cannot squelch.

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