Up Close: Children in War-Torn Nations

Sager said, "When you look into the eyes of these kids … you see some kids smiling in their eyes and sort of overcoming. But in a lot of the kids, you see this sort of desperate blank stare. And to me, it's when you don't see hope in their eyes, you can see how powerful having hope is. The absence of it makes the statement more strongly because it's so profoundly sad to see a kid without hope." This picture was taken in Butare, Rwanda, 2005. (Courtesy Bobby Sager)