Christophe Yonaba, a sewing instructor, teaches his students, all of them former child soldiers, at the Bria Practical Vocational Training and Literacy Center in Bria on April 1, 2026. In a classroom in Bria, in the unstable eastern Central African Republic, a group of former child soldiers are learning to sew. This is a way to help the teenagers, aged 14 to 17, move on from the violence they suffered at the hands of the country's many armed groups. (Photo by Mariam KONE / AFP via Getty Images)