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Ugandan activist accuses media of racism after being copped out of photo

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Vanessa Nakate is a 23-year-old climate activist from Uganda who this week attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. On Friday, she took part in a news conference with Greta Thunberg and other activists ahead of a Friday for Future protest in the Swiss town. However, she was dismayed to find that in news coverage of the event, she had been cropped out of a photo issued by the Associated Press featuring Thunberg and others.