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Jan-Niklas Kniewel

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Syria, 2014.

A coordinator of the Civil Defence Force, a recovery team that searches for survivors and bodies after airstrikes and rocket attacks.

Members of the Civil Defence Force carry a body after a barrel bomb hit civilians.

Two million people once lived in Aleppo.

An early morning in Aleppo. Members of the Civil Defence Force prepare for a long day.

A passer-by assists the Civil Defence Force in rescuing wounded civilians after a barrel bomb attack.

School girls in Aleppo.

A medic and a member of the Civil Defence Force search the skies for approaching attack helicopters. Waal, the medic on the left, is killed the next day by a barrel bomb.

The ruins of Aleppo.

A man visits his damaged house to collect his remaining belongings.

A member of the Civil Defence Force on a mission.

One man was injured by a barrel bomb.

The ruins of Aleppo.

Daily life in Aleppo.

Daily life in Aleppo.

A member of the Civil Defense Force on a mission.

Men try to retrieve a body from the site of a barrel bomb attack.

A member of the Civil Defense Force after a mission.

Daily life in Aleppo.

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