Mary Kiza, a social worker and activist against female genital mutilation (FGM), poses next to an anthill after a meeting of anti-FGM women group PERUR in Alakas village, bordering to Kenya, northeast Uganda, on January 31, 2018. The UN estimates that over 200 million girls and women have experienced FGM which is a life-threatening procedure that involves the partial or total removal of a woman's external genitalia. February 6, 2018, marks the 6th International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. / AFP PHOTO / Yasuyoshi CHIBA