A girl child’s reflection in a minibus mirror en route to Bani, Sahel region, Burkina Faso in July 2010. The region has the highest birth rate in the world at more than six children per mother, and the highest rates of child marriage, with most girls married by 17, according to United Nations Population Fund.

First published in the June 20, 2019, 9:07 p.m. edition

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