Chelsea Manning Posts New Photo after Release from Prison

Chelsea Manning has posted a recent photo of herself on Instagram.

The former US soldier, born Bradley Edward Manning, was released from military prison on May 16.

Chelsea Elizabeth Manning served seven years of a 35-year sentence for leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and military files to WikiLeaks.

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Since her release, Chelsea Manning had made a few social media posts documenting her life after jail, but none had shown her face.

“Okay, so here I am everyone!!” Chelsea Manning wrote, adding a smiley-face emoji and the hashtag #HelloWorld.

The photo was published on Instagram and cross-posted on Twitter.

The grainy black-and-white photo most often associated with Chelsea Manning was released by the military in 2013 but was taken years earlier.