Livia Albeck-Ripka, NYT

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Terrifying flesh-eating ulcers stalk seaside Australia

Scientists believe that Buruli ulcer jumps from animals to humans, like the coronavirus

Rob Courtney, a Buruli ulcer patient, being treated in March 2021 in Sorrento, Australia, by Dr Daniel O’Brien and Donna Beckett, a nurse. The disease is caused by a species of flesh-eating bacteria.

Meet the indigenous man who declared his own country

In 2014, Walubara renounced his Aussie citizenship, and laid claim to Yidinji Territory

Murrumu of Walubara, left, snorkels with his son, Thoyo of Walubara, at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

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