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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Ali Haj Suleiman

The volunteer gravediggers of Jandaris

Many of the shrouded bodies were small, clutched in the arms of men with shocked faces [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]

Jandaris, Syria – Hundreds of men were moving around in an open field in Jandaris, northwestern Syria. They seemed hard at work, lifting, calling out to each other, and carrying things around.

Upon closer inspection, the grim reality was revealed: The field was a cemetery which had not been much in use before the devastating earthquakes that hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on February 6.

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