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Men carry the body of a boy, who was killed in a reported Syrian air force attack in the village of Tel Rifaat, Syria on Aug. 8.
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Neighbors and family members dig through rubble of a home that was leveled on Wednesday in Tel Rifaat, Syria, searching for remains of those killed in what was reported as an attack by the Syrian air force.
To cries of "Allahu Akbar", (God is Great), the volunteers used mechanical diggers and their bare hands to search the rubble. Sweating and panting, young men lifted heavy concrete blocks and made piles of debris, trying to reach the bodies of Mohamed Blaw, a mechanic, and his family buried beneath.
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Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
Men search for bodies under rubble of a house in Tel Rifaat near Aleppo on Aug. 8.
Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
Neighbors and family members clear rubble away from a body of a boy who was killed in a reported Syrian air force attack on Aug. 8 in Rifaat, Syria.
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