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Akintunde Akinleye is an award-winning photographer who’s spent much of his career in Lagos, Nigeria, photographing the firefighters battling pipeline explosions around the gridlocked city. One photograph of the aftermath of an explosion changed his life when he won an international photography award.

Producer: Emily Webb

Photo: A Lagos firefighter douses himself in water
Credit: Akintunde Akinleye

Published on Friday, 28th February 2020.

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