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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stefanie Glinski in Derna

Libyans pick up the pieces after devastating floods – photo essay

The Al Sahaba mosque is seen amid destruction in Derna.
The Al Sahaba mosque is seen amid destruction in Derna. Photograph: Stefanie Glinski/The Guardian

Almost two weeks after the Libyan port city of Derna was devastated by floods, Hassan Ben Faid sits on the floor of a secondary school classroom that will, for the foreseeable future, be his home.

A pen in hand, he starts drawing his house and then, stroke after stroke, the rising levels of water, the dead and the drowning.

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