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By Reuters
08 March 2019   |   2:24 pm
A month ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball with his two little cousins on Madagascar's sunny beaches. Last week, the grey rain pattered quietly on their wooden roof as Dada and his two sisters sat inside, scoured by grief.

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