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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A young Iraqi refugee from Mosul waves from an Iraqi Army truck as he and others prepare to leave the city's Hay Intisar district for the safety of a refugee camp. Hay Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_43_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have fled fighting within Mosul, board Iraqi Army trucks as they prepare to leave the city's Hay Intasar district for the safety of a refugee camp. Hay Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_42_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have fled fighting within Mosul, board Iraqi Army trucks as they prepare to leave the city's Hay Intasar district for the safety of a refugee camp. Hay Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_40_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have fled fighting within Mosul, board Iraqi Army trucks as they prepare to leave the city's Hay Intasar district for the safety of a refugee camp. Hay Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_38_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have fled fighting within Mosul, board Iraqi Army trucks as they prepare to leave the city's Hay Intasar district for the safety of a refugee camp. Hay Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_39_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have escaped fighting in Mosul, queue for lunch outside a mosque, where many are temporarily staying, in the city's Hay Intisar district on the south east of the city. The district was taken by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) around a week ago and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_34_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A T-72 tank, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, wait in Mosul's Hay Intisar district on the south east of the city. The district was taken by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) around a week ago and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_37_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have escaped fighting in Mosul, walk with bags in the city's Hay Intisar district on the south east of the city. The district was taken by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) around a week ago and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_36_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have escaped fighting in Mosul, walk with bags in the city's Hay Intisar district on the south east of the city. The district was taken by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) around a week ago and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_35_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi refugees, who have escaped fighting in Mosul, queue for lunch outside a mosque, where many are temporarily staying, in the city's Hay Intisar district on the south east of the city. The district was taken by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) around a week ago and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_33_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, peers from the turret of an armoured Humvee as his unit visits Mosul's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_32_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Soldiers, of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, stand on armoured Humvees during a visit to Mosul's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_31_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, sits on the turret of an armoured Humvee as his unit visits Mosul's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_30_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Residents and Iraqi soldiers dance to music during a visit to Mosul's Al Antisar district by soldiers of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_28_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Residents of Mosul's Al Antisar district receive sacks of food from local volunteers. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_26_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, hands a sack of food to a female resident of Mosul's Al Intisar district during a visit by his unit. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_24_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, hands a sack of food to a female resident of Mosul's Al Intisar district during a visit by his unit. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_23_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, searches a man in Mosul's Al Intisar district as residents queue to receive food from local volunteers. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_22_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, stands guard as residents of Mosul's Al Intisar District queue for food being handed out by volunteers.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_21_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, flashes a victory sign from the turret of an armoured Humvee as his unit visits Mosul's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_19_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, searches a man in Mosul's Al Intisar district as residents queue to receive food from local volunteers. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_17_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A resident of Mosul's Al Antisar district receives a sack of food from a local volunteer. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_18_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A boot sits in a gutter and beyond the dead bodies of ISIS extremists, killed four days before by Iraqi forces, are seen in Mosul's Al Intisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_16_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Two Iraqi children stand in front of their home's bullet riddled gate in Mosul's Al Intisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_15_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Two Iraqi children stand in front of their home's bullet riddled gate in Mosul's Al Intisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_14_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Soldiers, of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, sit on an armoured Humvee as it drives along a road during a visit to Mosul's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_13_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A young girl looks at the dead bodies of ISIS militants, killed four days before by Iraqi forces, in Mosul's Al Intisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_12_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Residents, and geese, are seen on a street in Mosul's Al Intisar District on the south east side of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_11_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. An Iraqi Police office mans a DShK heavy machine gun mounted on a pickup truck as soldiers of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armored Division visit Mosul's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_10_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldier, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, stands guard as his unit visits Mosul's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_09_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A Mosul resident stands with his cow during a visit by soldiers, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, to the city's Al Inisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_08_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A soldiers, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, talks to a young boy who is asking for food during a visit to Mosul's Hay Intisar district on the south east of the city. The district was taken by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) around a week ago and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_05_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. Soldiers, belonging to the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division, relax during a visit to Mosul's Hay Intisar district on the south east of the city. The district was taken by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) around a week ago and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL2_04_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A board bearing the flag of the Islamic State lies on the ground in the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyahh, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Militiamen of the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU), an Assyrian Christian militia that is working with the Iraqi Army to retake Christian areas, guard a checkpoint in the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_HAMDAN_02_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A building on the outskirts of the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq, bears the signs of recent fighting.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Father Ignatius Offy, a Christian priest, examines a damaged religious book in the burnt out shell of the Syriac Catholic Church of Mar Behnam and his sister Mart Sarah in the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The church was vandalised and burnt by Islamic State militants during their two year occupation of the town which was retaken by Iraqi Security Forces during the ongoing Mosul Offensive.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Father Ignatius Offy, a Christian priest, prays at the fire damaged alter in the burnt out shell of the Syriac Catholic Church of Mar Behnam and his sister Mart Sarah in the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The church was vandalised and burnt by Islamic State militants during their two year occupation of the town which was retaken by Iraqi Security Forces during the ongoing Mosul Offensive.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A Christian militiaman, wrapped in the Assyrian flag, walks through the fire damaged Syriac Catholic Church of Mar Behnam and his sister Mart Sarah in the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The church was vandalised and burnt by Islamic State militants during their two year occupation of the town which was retaken by Iraqi Security Forces during the ongoing Mosul Offensive.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A Christian resident of Hamdaniyah, Iraq, uses his mobile phone to take a picture to show damage to the house of a friend in the recently liberated town. The friend, like many residents, is afraid to return to the town due to its proximity to the nearby frontline and the numerous improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance that litter the settlement.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Christian militiaman Salam Idris, hangs a picture of his late father, on the wall of his family home in the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The picture was taken down and damaged by Islamic State militants when they occupied the house and employed it as a factory for improvised mines.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A Christian militiaman, holds up a picture of Jesus Christ, slashed by Islamic State militants who previously occupied the house, in the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The house was also used as a factory for constructing improvised mines, components can be seen stacked on the right side of the image.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Amar Idris sorts through the mess made by Islamic State militants who used his family home as a bomb factory during their recently ended two year occupation of the Iraqi Christian town of Hamdaniyah.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A Christian militiaman hangs a Christian poster from hooks as he helps friends sift through the remains of their corner shop in the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The shop, which once sold alcohol, was burnt by ISIS extremists during their two year occupation of the town which was retaken by Iraqi Security Forces during the ongoing Mosul Offensive.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Amor Idris and two friends sort through the charred remains of his family's corner shop in the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The shop, which once sold alcohol, was burnt by ISIS extremists during their two year occupation of the town which was retaken by Iraqi Security Forces during the ongoing Mosul Offensive.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Flying the Iraqi flag from their cars, Christian residents celebrate as they return to survey damage in the recently liberated Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A blood stained table, and blood splashed walls are seen in a room thought to have been used by ISIS militants in the recently liberated Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Burnt gras and a smashed cross are seen in a courtyard at the vandalised Christian academy of the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Father Ignatius Offy, a Christian priest, examines a priest's stole, recovered from the Islamic State vandalised Christian academy in the town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Much of the academy was burnt, including its library, during the Islamic State's two year occupation of the town.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Father Ignatius Offy, a Christian priest, re-hangs a picture of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ on the wall of a room used for events at the Christian Academy in the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Much of the academy was burnt by ISIS militants during their two year occupation of the town, but the hall was left untouched - both basketballs and footballs were found in the room suggesting that, despite the Islamic State banning sports, some extremists used the underground hall to play ballgames.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Burnt shop fronts and smashed windows are seen in the centre of the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyahh, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A Christian resident stands in the scorched remains of a library holding pieces of a Christian priest's garb, which were overlooked by Islamic State militants when they burnt and vandalised the Christian academy in the town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Father Ignatius Offy delivers mass to residents of the town, many of them recent refugees from Mosul,  a few days before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).   Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A Christian cross decorates a stairwell in the courtyard of the Christian academy before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Members of an Iraqi Christian refugee family eat lunch in the kitchen of the unfinished house before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A young female Christian refugee from Mosul, stands in the garden of the home before the occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Raíid Kamal (C) and one of his nieces walk through the Christian academy before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Sahira Samir Kamal (L), an Iraqi Christian refugee from Mosul, washes her daughter Dilar (9) before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A row of homes, housing Moslawi Christian refugees who have fled the Islamic State, is seen shortly before ISIS occupied the town of Hamdaniyahh, Iraq (left) and the same scene shortly after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Melat Sabah (L), his brother Ruwat Sabah (C) and their co-worker Aysen Tala sit in front of the bicycle repair shop in Hamndaiyha, Iraq. Taken in July 2014, one month before the Islamic State occupied the town (left) and the same scene shortly after liberation from ISIS.  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A car drives through a main street in the town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq, one month before ISIS occupation (left) and two Iraqi police officers walk through the same scene shortly after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - The bell tower stood tall before ISIS invasion (left) and  two years later after being demolished by the Islamic State during their occupation of the town (right). .  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Civilians go about their daily lives under a cloud of smoke, coming from burning oil wells set alight by Islamic State militants, in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. With the sky blotted out by burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, soldiers of the Iraqi Army's Emergency Response Unit keep watch from the top of their armed Humvee utility vehicle as their convoy enters the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Blacked by the smoke from nearby burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, the Iraqi flag flies from a building in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Civilians go about their daily lives under a cloud of smoke, coming from burning oil wells set alight by Islamic State militants, in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. With the sky blotted out by burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, soldiers of the Iraqi Army's Emergency Response Unit keep watch from the top of their armed Humvee utility vehicle as their convoy drives through the main street of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. With the sky blotted out by burning oil wells, a soldier of the Iraqi Army's Emergency Response Unit holds up the Iraqi flag from the top of an armed Humvee utility vehicle as his convoy enters the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, rising from the Qayyarah Oilfield, blot out the afternoon sun.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, rising from the Qayyarah Oilfield, blot out the afternoon sun.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. With the sky blotted out by burning oil wells, a soldier of the Iraqi Army's Emergency Response Unit holds up the Iraqi flag from the top of an armed Humvee utility vehicle as his convoy enters the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, visible for many miles, rise from the Qayyarah Oilfields south of Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, visible for many miles, rise from the Qayyarah Oilfields south of Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke and flames rise from a burning oil well, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, located with the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, are seen from the vandalised Qayyarah Cemetery (foreground) in Qayyarah, Iraq. Headstones in the cemetery were smashed by ISIS extremists who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke and flames rise from burning oil welsl, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, located with the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke and flames rise from a burning oil well, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, located with the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Children run amongst vandalised gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, in the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Children run amongst vandalised gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, in the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Children run amongst vandalised gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, in the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A man walks along disused railway tracks as thick smoke rises from boring oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, clogs the sky over the Qayyarah Cemetery, in the Iraqi town of the same name. Both Shia and Sunni graves within the cemetery were smashed during the town's two year occupation by ISIS extremists who believe that graves should be flat to the earth with no headstone. <br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A thick smoke cloud, coming from nearby burning oil wells which were set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, covers the sky over the main street through the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, clogs the sky over the Qayyarah Cemetery, in the Iraqi town of the same name. Both Shia and Sunni graves within the cemetery were smashed during the town's two year occupation by ISIS extremists who believe that graves should be flat to the earth with no headstone. <br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A child walks along disused railway tracks as thick smoke rises from boring oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. With the sky blotted out by burning oil wells, a soldier of the Iraqi Army's Emergency Response Unit holds up the Iraqi flag from the top of an armed Humvee utility vehicle as his convoy enters the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, visible for many miles, rise from the Qayyarah Oilfields south of Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). The goldfish pond and chair at Chartwell in Kent. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
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  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). The goldfish pond and chair at Chartwell in Kent. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
    LNP_CHURCHILL_50TH_ANNIVERSARY_MPA_1...jpg
  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). The goldfish pond and chair at Chartwell in Kent. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
    LNP_CHURCHILL_50TH_ANNIVERSARY_MPA_1...jpg
  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). Sir Winston and Lady Churchill statue overlooking the lake at Chartwell in Kent. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
    LNP_CHURCHILL_50TH_ANNIVERSARY_MPA_1...jpg
  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). Sir Winston and Lady Churchill statue overlooking the lake at Chartwell in Kent. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
    LNP_CHURCHILL_50TH_ANNIVERSARY_MPA_9.jpg
  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). Sir Winston and Lady Churchill statue overlooking the lake at Chartwell in Kent. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
    LNP_CHURCHILL_50TH_ANNIVERSARY_MPA_8.jpg
  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). Sir Winston and Lady Churchill statue overlooking the lake at Chartwell in Kent. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
    LNP_CHURCHILL_50TH_ANNIVERSARY_MPA_7.jpg
  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 23/01/2015. Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent (21/11/14). The home of Sir Winston Churchil. The exhibition "Death of a Hero" marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of statesman and wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, who lived at Chartwell, Westerham  Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
    LNP_CHURCHILL_50TH_ANNIVERSARY_MPA_5.jpg
  • @Licensed to London News Pictures 29/11/2014. Dartford Crossing, South Orbital Road, Dartford, Kent. The first phase of barrier removals start in the early hours of today 30 /11/2014. Payment booths at the Dartford Crossing will be removed and replaced with a remote charging system known as Dart Charge. Photo credit: Manu Palomeque/LNP
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