Gallery: These Powerful Photos Reveal the Faces and Places Behind Rape Stats

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    Brightly colored equipment fills an examination station at a testing lab in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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    A domestic assault was reported at this undisclosed location on August 1, 2015, at 11:45 pm.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    Angela stands in her favorite lake. She was assaulted 21 years ago.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    DNA evidence is stored in cabinets at a testing lab in Youngstown, Ohio.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    State of Iowa sexual assault evidence collection kit, Step 3.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    A rape was reported at this undisclosed address on June 1, 2015 at 10:42 pm.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    A magnifying glass hovers over a workstation at a DNA testing lab in Youngstown, Ohio.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    Olivia survived an assault two years before this photo was taken.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    One hundred twenty rape kits line a rack in a police evidence storage room at an undisclosed location.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    Domestic and sexual assault was reported at this undisclosed location 12 times in August 2015.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    Emily was assaulted two years before this photo was taken. She poses in her sukkah, a structure built for the Jewish festival Succoth.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    A workstation at a DNA testing lab in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    Grace was assaulted three years before this photo was taken at an undisclosed location.
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    Melissa Kreider
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    A domestic assault was reported at this undisclosed address on June 1, 2015, at 10:42pm.
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