Cancer quinceanera

Updated: 2014-09-23 07:24

(Agencies)

A cancer patient poses for a photo during her "Quinceanera" (15th birthday) party among other celebrants at a hotel in Managua September 20, 2014. Quinceaneras are a traditional celebration for girls turning 15. The Nicaragua's Association of Mother and Father of Children with Leukemia and Cancer (MAPANICA) organizes quinceaneras for cancer patients annually, and there were 44 celebrants in 2014. Picture taken September 20, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]