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Why my photo from Guinea sparked a soccer star’s search for one boy
Photojournalist Pete Muller was on assignment in Guinea covering the Ebola outbreak for National Geographic. A photo he posted on Instagram included a young boy with a Dries Mertens jersey — the renowned Belgian soccer player. Mertens reached out to Muller wanting to help the whole community.