Refugee families from Syria's Deir Ezzor - in pictures

Family from Deir Ezzor living in damaged building in Syria's northern city of Raqqa

A Syrian child, displaced with their family from Deir Ezzor, plays with her doll inside the damaged building where she is living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa. All photos: AFP

Syrian girls, displaced with their family from Deir Ezzor, look at the camera inside the damaged building where they are living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

A view of a damaged building housing internally displaced Syrians from Deir Ezzor in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

A Syrian girl, displaced with her family from Deir Ezzor, looks at the camera inside the damaged building where she is living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

A Syrian boy, displaced with his family from Deir Ezzor, watches inside the damaged building where he is living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

A Syrian mother, displaced with her family from Deir Ezzor, rocks a baby to sleep inside the damaged building where she is living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

Syrian children, displaced with their family from Deir Ezzor, stand on the balcony of a damaged building where they are living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

Syrian children, displaced with their family from Deir Ezzor, play in a damaged building where they now live in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

A Syrian boy, displaced with his family from Deir Ezzor, looks at the camera inside the damaged building where he is living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

A Syrian mother, displaced with her family from Deir Ezzor, rocks a baby to sleep inside the damaged building where she is living in Syria's northern city of Raqqa.

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