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In this photo taken Friday, May 26, 2017, family and friends dance through the streets singing and chanting to honor the return of former child soldier James, after he is reunited with his mother and sees her for the first time in 3 years, at a protection of civilians site in Bentiu, South Sudan. James, one of an estimated 18,000 children fighting in South Sudan according to the United Nations, was left for dead on a battlefield while back home his mother mourned him and held a funeral without a body, having no idea that he was still alive. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

In this photo taken Friday, May 26, 2017, family and friends dance through the streets singing and chanting to honor the return of former child soldier James, after he is reunited with his mother and sees her for the first time in 3 years, at a protection of civilians site in Bentiu, South Sudan. James, one of an estimated 18,000 children fighting in South Sudan according to the United Nations, was left for dead on a battlefield while back home his mother mourned him and held a funeral without a body, having no idea that he was still alive. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

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