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A technician (L) of California-based robotics company Zipline prepares a small cardboard box with a paper parachute prior to its installation in a drone, on October 12, 2016 in Muhanga, 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of the capital Kigali.
On October 14, 2016, Rwanda inaugurated a drone operation that its backers hope will kickstart a revolution in the supply of medical care in rural parts of Africa, in the first instance by delivering batches of blood to 21 clinics in the west of the country.
/ AFP / STEPHANIE AGLIETTI (Photo credit should read STEPHANIE AGLIETTI/AFP/Getty Images)