Wide Angle: Night Flight

Every evening, as many as 40,000 children in northern Uganda hike for miles from their rural villages to shelters in town. These so-called night commuters are hiding from the Lord's Resistance Army, a radical, religious paramilitary group that seeks to swell its ranks by abducting children while they sleep. If caught, their next march will be as Uganda's youngest soldiers.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRUNO STEVENS | FEBRUARY 17, 2006

The long march: The night commuters walk up to five miles in their quest for shelter. The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which typically strikes at dusk or dawn, has abducted 25,000 children since its insurgency began 20 years ago.

 SUBJECTS: CULTURE, AFRICA