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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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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 · 2208 × 3000

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, TÜRKİYE - JANUARY 6: An orange tree standing among collapsed buildings in the Antakya district of Hatay continues to bear fruit, Saturday, January 6, 2024. Following the February 6 earthquakes that destroyed buildings across the region, the tree has remained standing amid the rubble, its green branches carrying a trace of life from the city's past. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne) — ANTAKYA, TÜRKİYE - JANUARY 6: An orange tree standing among collapsed buildings in the Antakya district of Hatay continues to bear fruit, Saturday, January 6, 2024. Following the February 6 earthquakes that destroyed buildings across the region, the tree has remained standing amid the rubble, its green branches carrying a trace of life from the city's past. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)Mehmet Kılıç · 3000 × 2000

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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