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A police officer helps Hank Houda (L), a 37-year-old bomb-disposal expert, to adjust her protective suit during a training session at a police barracks in Algiers. Houda, who is one of 12 female bomb disposal experts, said she joined as personal challenge to show a society where it is unusual for women to undertake dangerous career paths that she could carry out her duties. Photograph: Louafi Larbi/Reuters
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