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Tears of Joy: Freed Chibok girls reunited with parents

The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity were finally reunited with their families on Saturday. (AFP)

Updated on: May 22, 2017 11:55 AM IST

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The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity were finally reunited with their families on Saturday. (AFP)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity were finally reunited with their families on Saturday. (AFP)

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One of the Newly released 82 Chibok school girls embraces her parents as she reunites with her family in Abuja, Nigeria. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

One of the Newly released 82 Chibok school girls embraces her parents as she reunites with her family in Abuja, Nigeria. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

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It was the largest release of hostages since 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their boarding school in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 when the militants arrived while they were sleeping in their dormitories. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

It was the largest release of hostages since 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their boarding school in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 when the militants arrived while they were sleeping in their dormitories. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

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Five commanders from the extremist group were exchanged for the girls’ freedom, and Nigeria’s government has said it would make further exchanges to bring the 113 remaining schoolgirls home. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

Five commanders from the extremist group were exchanged for the girls’ freedom, and Nigeria’s government has said it would make further exchanges to bring the 113 remaining schoolgirls home. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

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The mass abduction in April 2014 brought international attention to Boko Haram’s deadly insurgency in northern Nigeria (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

The mass abduction in April 2014 brought international attention to Boko Haram’s deadly insurgency in northern Nigeria (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

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Thousands of people have been kidnapped during the extremists’ eight-year insurgency, and more than 20,000 have been killed. (AFP)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

Thousands of people have been kidnapped during the extremists’ eight-year insurgency, and more than 20,000 have been killed. (AFP)

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In the confusion immediately after the kidnapping, 57 girls managed to escape, but the rest were driven far into the Sambisa forest. (AFP)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

In the confusion immediately after the kidnapping, 57 girls managed to escape, but the rest were driven far into the Sambisa forest. (AFP)

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For more than three years they were moved from forest to city and to caves around north-east Nigeria. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

For more than three years they were moved from forest to city and to caves around north-east Nigeria. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

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This handout picture released on May 20, 2017 by PGDBA & HND Mass Communication shows family members crying while being reunited with the released Chibok girls in Abuja on May 20, 2017. Boko Haram kidnapped 276 students from the Government Girls Secondary School in the remote town in Borno state on the evening of April 14, 2014. Fifty-seven escaped in the hours that followed but 219 were not so lucky. Since then, 106 girls have been found, rescued or released, including 82 who were freed earlier this month in a prisoner swap deal for a number of Boko Haram suspects in custody. (AFP)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

This handout picture released on May 20, 2017 by PGDBA & HND Mass Communication shows family members crying while being reunited with the released Chibok girls in Abuja on May 20, 2017. Boko Haram kidnapped 276 students from the Government Girls Secondary School in the remote town in Borno state on the evening of April 14, 2014. Fifty-seven escaped in the hours that followed but 219 were not so lucky. Since then, 106 girls have been found, rescued or released, including 82 who were freed earlier this month in a prisoner swap deal for a number of Boko Haram suspects in custody. (AFP)

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Many of the girls, most of them Christians, were forced to marry extremists and have had children. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

Many of the girls, most of them Christians, were forced to marry extremists and have had children. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

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Some have been radicalised and have refused to return. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

Updated on May 22, 2017 11:55 AM

Some have been radicalised and have refused to return. (Afolabi Sotunde / REUTERS)

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