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KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)

Life returns to Khartoum

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)

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children
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Life returns to Khartoum

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne) — KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)Faiz ِAbubakr · 3000 × 2000

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne) — KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)Faiz ِAbubakr · 3000 × 2000

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne) — KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)Faiz ِAbubakr · 3000 × 2000

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne) — KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)Faiz ِAbubakr · 3000 × 2000

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne) — KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)Faiz ِAbubakr · 3000 × 2000

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne) — KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)Faiz ِAbubakr · 3000 × 2000

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne) — KHARTOUM, SUDAN - MAY 18: Life returns to the streets of Khartoum, where children's laughter is heard along the Nile and public transport once again connects neighborhoods, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Khartoum. Between the scars of destruction and the persistence to endure, life is finding its way back onto the streets of the Sudanese capital. (Photo by Faiz abubakr/LensOne)Faiz ِAbubakr · 3000 × 2000

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ANTAKYA, TÜRKİYE - JUNE 23: Bougainvillea flowers bloom among the ruins of homes destroyed in the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in the Antakya district of Hatay province, on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The flowers growing amid piles of stone, brick and roof tiles stand out in the post-disaster landscape of the city. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne) — ANTAKYA, TÜRKİYE - JUNE 23: Bougainvillea flowers bloom among the ruins of homes destroyed in the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in the Antakya district of Hatay province, on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The flowers growing amid piles of stone, brick and roof tiles stand out in the post-disaster landscape of the city. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)Mehmet Kılıç · 3000 × 2000

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ANTAKYA, HATAY, TÜRKİYE - NOVEMBER 2023: A cat wanders through a demolished neighborhood in Antakya searching for traces of a familiar door and a courtyard it once took shelter in, in November 2023. Following the February 6, 2023 earthquakes, cranes have risen again in Antakya where earthquake-damaged homes have been cleared, and amid the new buildings stands the absence of the old life. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne) — ANTAKYA, HATAY, TÜRKİYE - NOVEMBER 2023: A cat wanders through a demolished neighborhood in Antakya searching for traces of a familiar door and a courtyard it once took shelter in, in November 2023. Following the February 6, 2023 earthquakes, cranes have risen again in Antakya where earthquake-damaged homes have been cleared, and amid the new buildings stands the absence of the old life. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)Mehmet Kılıç · 1536 × 1024

ANTALYA, TÜRKİYE - MAY 27: Kemancı Ahmet plays the violin in the shade of bougainvillea on a street lined with historic mansions on Saturday, May 27, 2023 in Antalya. With each touch of his bow to the strings, he leaves another melody in the old streets, as daily life in the city carries on in a corner where music mingles with the sea breeze. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne) — ANTALYA, TÜRKİYE - MAY 27: Kemancı Ahmet plays the violin in the shade of bougainvillea on a street lined with historic mansions on Saturday, May 27, 2023 in Antalya. With each touch of his bow to the strings, he leaves another melody in the old streets, as daily life in the city carries on in a corner where music mingles with the sea breeze. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)Mehmet Kılıç · 2250 × 3000

IDLIB, SYRIA - MAY 14: Children who lost their fathers in the war continue their lives with their mothers at the Beyan Müşrif Orphanage in Idlib, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The image is part of a series documenting daily life in Urfa. Each of the children at the orphanage has adopted a kitten from a litter born to a cat in the Atme area. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne) — IDLIB, SYRIA - MAY 14: Children who lost their fathers in the war continue their lives with their mothers at the Beyan Müşrif Orphanage in Idlib, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The image is part of a series documenting daily life in Urfa. Each of the children at the orphanage has adopted a kitten from a litter born to a cat in the Atme area. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)Mehmet Kılıç · 2250 × 3000