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#FightEbola: An Empty Bed Tells a Tragic Story

Rose Johnson’s family learned of her death from a friend who saw her empty hospital bed.
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Rose Johnson’s family got word of her death from an acquaintance who saw her bed being cleared for another patient. Here, her mother, Ethel Konneh, is consoled by her other daughters outside a Monrovia clinic.

Ebola has infected at least 13,000 people in West Africa, and killed at least 5,000. If the deadly virus isn't stopped, the CDC estimates that up to 1.4 million people could be infected by the end of January 2015. To help support the groups at the frontline of this disease, donate at Facebook.com/FightEbola.

Image by Jerome Delay / AP