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Shining light: Sr Dr Maura Lynch examines an Aids patient at St Joseph's Hospital, Kitovu, Uganda where she is surgeon general. The Medical Missionaries of Mary doctor, who has spent over 40 years working in Africa, has been based in Masaka for the last 22 years where she is admired and trusted by patients who often travel long distances for help. Photograph by Mark Condren
The picture of the week chosen by Sunday Tribune Picture Editor Maureen Gillespie, mgillespie@tribune.ie