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A boy stands next to Zhang Huimin (L), a 17-year-old girl who suffers from a genetic disorder known as Mucopolysaccharidosis (or MPS), which is caused by the body's inability to produce specific enzymes, at a tailor shop owned by Zhang's mother in Yuhuan county, Zhejiang province September 17, 2014. Due to the disease, Zhang, who is 80-centimetres-tall, stopped growing in height since she was 3-years-old. Furthermore she has not been able to stand up on her own after falling down a stairway at the age of 10. Her family can barely afford her current medical expenses, over 1,000 yuan ($163 USD) every month, to manage her condition, according to the family members. (Photo by William Hong/Reuters)
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