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Manu Brabo. Gabriel Pecot / AP Photo
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Two Syrians cry for help outside Dar Al Shifa hospital for a Syrian child who lies wounded in a lorry after being shot by the Syrian Army.
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Walking past bodies in front of Dar Al Shifa hospital is such a common occurrence that nobody, including this Syrian woman, takes notice anymore.
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The Syrian war takes no pity on the young or old as shown here with a Syrian youth crying next to a lorry holding the body of his little brother.
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Comrades in arms carry the body of a fellow Free Syrian Army fighter, killed by a tank blast on the front line in Aleppo.
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The caring hands of a Syrian nurse at Dar Al Shifa hospital treats a girl wounded by Syrian Army artillery shelling.
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Syrian doctors are overworked at Dar Al Shifa hospital and here the name of a severely wounded man is taken as he is treated.
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Wounded by Syrian Army shelling, a child is comforted by a Free Syrian Army fighter.
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Free Syrian Army fighters pray before beginning an operation against the Syrian Army positions in the Amriya district in Aleppo.
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With such a shortage of beds, a Syrian child, wounded by Syrian Army shelling, lies in a lorry after being treated by doctors at Dar Al Shifa hospital.
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Yet another body lies in front of Dar Al Shifa hospital, this time the brother of a woman who cannot disguise her grief.
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Time for a rest as Free Syrian Army fighters take a break in a storage room in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo before more fighting.
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Syrian medics hold a child who died from government forces shelling at the Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria.
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Thousand of families are being torn apart. Here a man cries near the body of his brother, again outside Dar El Shifa hospital.
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Still in shock after almost being killed by Syrian Army shelling, a wounded woman leaves Dar El Shifa hospital.
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Day or night, the killings continue. Here, at a graveyard, in Aleppo. a man points a torch towards the body of a recently killed man.
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Manu Brabo. Gabriel Pecot / AP Photo
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Two Syrians cry for help outside Dar Al Shifa hospital for a Syrian child who lies wounded in a lorry after being shot by the Syrian Army.
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Walking past bodies in front of Dar Al Shifa hospital is such a common occurrence that nobody, including this Syrian woman, takes notice anymore.
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The Syrian war takes no pity on the young or old as shown here with a Syrian youth crying next to a lorry holding the body of his little brother.
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Comrades in arms carry the body of a fellow Free Syrian Army fighter, killed by a tank blast on the front line in Aleppo.
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The caring hands of a Syrian nurse at Dar Al Shifa hospital treats a girl wounded by Syrian Army artillery shelling.
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Syrian doctors are overworked at Dar Al Shifa hospital and here the name of a severely wounded man is taken as he is treated.
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Wounded by Syrian Army shelling, a child is comforted by a Free Syrian Army fighter.
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Free Syrian Army fighters pray before beginning an operation against the Syrian Army positions in the Amriya district in Aleppo.
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With such a shortage of beds, a Syrian child, wounded by Syrian Army shelling, lies in a lorry after being treated by doctors at Dar Al Shifa hospital.
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Yet another body lies in front of Dar Al Shifa hospital, this time the brother of a woman who cannot disguise her grief.
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Time for a rest as Free Syrian Army fighters take a break in a storage room in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo before more fighting.
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Syrian medics hold a child who died from government forces shelling at the Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria.
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Thousand of families are being torn apart. Here a man cries near the body of his brother, again outside Dar El Shifa hospital.
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Still in shock after almost being killed by Syrian Army shelling, a wounded woman leaves Dar El Shifa hospital.
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Day or night, the killings continue. Here, at a graveyard, in Aleppo. a man points a torch towards the body of a recently killed man.
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Manu Brabo. Gabriel Pecot / AP Photo
Manu Brabo, Associated Press photographer, talks about his time in Syria
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25 October, 2012
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