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The photographer Glenna Gordon accompanied the Nigerian military to regions where Islamist militants have terrorized residents.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/magazine/riding-with-the-nigerian-soldiers-fighting-boko-haram.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
This year, I spent most of the month of January in northeastern Nigeria on a reporting trip for The Times Magazine with the writer Sarah Topol to tell the story of boys abducted by Boko Haram and forced to become child soldiers. During this time, I was also able to photograph parts of the conflict that are rarely seen, including a night patrol with Nigerian soldiers and a road that was attacked by Boko Haram the day before.