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In Mosul, kindness for human shields escaping Islamic State
24 ImagesBattle for Mosul: Scenes from the ground by Fairfax Media photographer Kate Geraghty.
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A girl in state of shock arrives with her family at a screening point.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Emotional scenes moments after families arrive at a screening point in West Mosul after being rescued by Iraqi forces from Islamic State held areas.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Families arrive at a screening point in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Families have their bags checked after arriving safely at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Families arrive safely at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A woman overcome with shock is treated by medics in a field hospital in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A girl walks across a street surrounded by debris and destroyed buildings in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A woman eats her first piece of fruit in over six months after arriving safely at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Aisha Mohammed (2nd from left) making the peace sign sits with her family on a truck after they arrived safely at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A man weeps in the back of a truck at a screening point in West Mosul after fleeing Islamic State. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Emotional scenes as families arrive safely at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A boy walks across a street surrounded by debris and destroyed buildings.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A woman weeps with relief as she waits to be taken to displaced peoples camps by truck at a screening point in West Mosul after being rescued by Iraqi forces from Islamic State held areas.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Families arrive at a screening point in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Moments after people have been rescued by Iraqi forces and arrive safely at a screening point in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Emotional scenes moments after people have been rescued by Iraqi forces and arrive safely at a screening point in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Two boys arrive safely at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Families arrive at a screening point in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A man carries two children after climbing off a truck at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A woman overcome with shock is treated by medics in a field hospital in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Iraqi military medics tend to a wounded girl in a field hospital in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Mohammed Mohammed (4th from left) and Aisha Mohammed (right) are lifted into a truck by their fathers at a screening point in West Mosul. The trucks take those who fled Islamic State held areas today to one of the displaced peoples camps.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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An Iraqi soldier (right) helps a man carry his two children after arriving safely at a screening point after being rescued by Iraqi forces in West Mosul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Medics tend to a young woman in a field hospital in West Mosul who was rescued by Iraqi forces after being trapped under her collapsed house that was struck by an airstrike or mortar fire in Islamic State held areas.Credit:Kate Geraghty
