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  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Police in Mexico City form a line against a demonstration in 2008.
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  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Palm Sunday in Guatemala City. The procession of Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros celebrates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, when he rode on a donkey and people placed palms on the ground before him. These processions date back to the 1780s. Bearers, known as cucuruchos, carry extremely heavy floats as a painful act of penitence, they arrive fasting and in prayer. The cortege is led by clouds of pine incense. There are moments of silence and from time to time the bands that follow the cortege play solemn music. The atmosphere is charged. 112 men carry Jesus Nazareno de los Milagros, and the cortege is followed by Mary, carried by 56 women. The procession starts at 7am and goes on til midnight, with about 120 different groups taking a turn at carrying the floats.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Semana_Santa_201204...jpg
  • Fishers unload their catch early in the morning in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-038.jpg
  • Fishers unload their catch early in the morning in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-229.jpg
  • Fish buyers bid on the morning's catch in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-205.jpg
  • Fish buyers bid on the morning's catch in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-203.jpg
  • A man sells women's clothing on the sidewalk in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-173.jpg
  • Spices on sale in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-172.jpg
  • People in the market in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-164.jpg
  • A metalworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-133.jpg
  • A giant bomb crater remains in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-132.jpg
  • Two women selling items along a street in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-018.jpg
  • Amani Abu Sakran holds her 5-month old son Abdul as she talks with Boduor El Hellow, a counselor at a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-126.jpg
  • Windows in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-113.jpg
  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla takes blood from an unhappy boy in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-107.jpg
  • Several students in an advanced dressmaking class pose in their classroom in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-236.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash (center) teaches an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-235.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash poses with some of her students in an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-234.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash (center) teaches an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-039.jpg
  • Teacher Ayda el-Habbash (center) teaches an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-233.jpg
  • Fishers unload their catch early in the morning in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-232.jpg
  • Fishers unload their catch early in the morning in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-231.jpg
  • Fishers unload their catch early in the morning in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-037.jpg
  • A student in an advanced dressmaking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-210.jpg
  • Women in a computer and secretarial skills class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-209.jpg
  • Women in a computer and secretarial skills class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is sponsored by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. DSPR is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-208.jpg
  • A swimming class in the Mediterranean off the beach of Gaza City, Gaza. Although Gazans live beside the sea, many won't swim because Israeli air strikes destroyed their sewage treatment plant, letting untreated sewage flow into the sea. And the Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-035.jpg
  • Fish buyers bid on the morning's catch in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-207.jpg
  • Auctioneer Mohammed Eli points with his finger as fish buyers bid on the morning's catch in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-206.jpg
  • Fish buyers bid on the morning's catch in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-034.jpg
  • Fish buyers thrust their hands into the face of auctioneer Hani Atala as they bid on the morning's catch in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-204.jpg
  • The harbor in Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-202.jpg
  • A fisher works with his net in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-005.jpg
  • Fish buyers bid on the morning's catch in the harbor of Gaza City, Gaza. The Israeli military prevents fishers from venturing more than six nautical miles out to sea--and often times even less--preventing them from catching the fish the Palestinian territory needs. Although Gaza sits beside the Mediterranean, residents complain about high prices--a result of restricting the fishing fleet from going farther out to sea.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-200.jpg
  • A barber shop in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-177.jpg
  • A boy gets his hair cut in a barber shop in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-174.jpg
  • A man bakes namoura, a sweet pastry, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-026.jpg
  • A man sells women's clothing on the sidewalk in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-171.jpg
  • Dates on sale in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-170.jpg
  • A shoemaker in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-169.jpg
  • Jewelry stores line a narrow passageway in the market in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-166.jpg
  • People on a street in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-167.jpg
  • Women walk in front of a clothing store in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-025.jpg
  • A woman walks in the market in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-165.jpg
  • Women talk in front of a clothing store in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-145.jpg
  • A man rides a bike in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-020.jpg
  • A woman walks by clothing on the street in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-019.jpg
  • Two young men use a drill press in a metalworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-142.jpg
  • A metalworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-141.jpg
  • Esraa Eawaidu, a midwife, weighs Yusraa Swaisee on a scale in the prenatal department of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-003.jpg
  • Khalid Fayad, 16, a woodworking student at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, gets real world practice while working in a local cabinet making shop. The training center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-140.jpg
  • Khalid Fayad, 16, a woodworking student at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, gets real world practice while working in a cabinet making shop run by Yasser Abu Aisha, who is supervising his work. The training center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-139.jpg
  • Mohammed Abu Tabikh, 18, a woodworking student at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, gets real world practice while working in a local cabinet making shop. The training center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-138.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps students learn to spray warnish in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-137.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps students learn to spray warnish in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-136.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps students learn to use a belt sander in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-135.jpg
  • Instructor Ishamis Abu Mhasin helps a student learn to use a saw in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-134.jpg
  • Heavy equipment is used to break up rubble in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. Much of the rubble in Gaza is recycled into new building materials.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-131.jpg
  • Hidayia Dahnoon, a midwife, weighs Asma Dwaima on a scale in the prenatal department of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-130.jpg
  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, draws a blood sample from a child in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-129.jpg
  • Hidayia Dahnoon, a midwife, weighs Asma Dwaima on a scale in the prenatal department of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-128.jpg
  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, places a child on a scale in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-127.jpg
  • A girl has her height measured in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-124.jpg
  • Rana Mashood, a lab technician, draws blood from a woman patient in a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
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  • As her mother looks on, Kefah El Jadba, 9, gets her teeth worked on by a dentist in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • As her mother looks on, Kefah El Jadba, 9, gets her teeth worked on by a dentist in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla runs a blood sugar test in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, , and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla takes blood from an unhappy boy in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla takes blood from an unhappy boy in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • Lab technician Kamal Jad Alla works with a blood sample in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • A child looks around while his mother talks with Sr. Ahmad Mathoj in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.<br />
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Health care workers say that since the 2014 war, children in Gaza are plagued with a variety of stress-related illnesses.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Pharmacist Alaa Eldain al Ghazali provides medication to a woman in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • Sparks fly as a youth in the metalworking class at the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza, uses a grinder. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • Mahmoud Abu-Ata sands a wood joint in a woodworking class in the Vocational Training Center in Gaza City, Gaza. The center is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.
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  • A man collects garbage in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. In the wake of the conflict, the local government has been hard strapped to provide basic services.
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  • Boys fly a kite in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war.
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  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, talks with a group of women waiting to be seen in the prenatal section of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
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  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, talks with a group of women waiting to be seen in the prenatal section of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
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  • Amani El Assar, a nurse and patient educator, talks with a group of women waiting to be seen in the prenatal section of a clinic in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.  This clinic has twice been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, but each time has been rebuilt by DSPR.
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  • Nour Abu Hamad, 6, gets her teeth worked on by a dentist in a clinic in Darraj, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war. The clinic is run by the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees of the Near East Council of Churches, a member of the ACT Alliance, and funded in part by the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Rubble with a message in Shejaiya, a neighborhood of Gaza City that was hard hit by the Israeli military during the 2014 war.
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  • A shoemaker works in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. Residents of the Palestinian territory are still reeling from the death and destruction of the 2014 war with Israel, and the continuing siege of the seaside territory by the Israeli military.
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  • 10 June 2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Saint Petersburg's largest bridge connects the city centre and the city's northern island. Being a coastal city, Saint Petersburg features the estuary of the River Neva, as well as a series of channels providing transportways between the diffent areas of the city, as transport by boat was common in the days of the foundation of the city.
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  • 9 June 2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Church of the Resurrection of our Savior (Church of spilled blood). Being a coastal city, Saint Petersburg features the estuary of the River Neva, as well as a series of channels providing transportways between the diffent areas of the city, as transport by boat was common in the days of the foundation of the city.
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  • Detail over doorway in St John the Baptist Church in Byblos, a Mediterranean city in Lebanon. The church dates from the 12th Century. The city's Arabic name is Jbeil, and was referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades. Founded around 5000 BCE, it is believed by many to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the world.
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  • St John the Baptist Church in Byblos, a Mediterranean city in Lebanon. The church dates from the 12th Century. The city's Arabic name is Jbeil, and was referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades. Founded around 5000 BCE, it is believed by many to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the world.
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  • Interior passageway in Byblos, a Mediterranean city in Lebanon. The city's Arabic name is Jbeil, and was referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades. Founded around 5000 BCE, it is believed by many to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the world.
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  • 10 June 2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Being a coastal city, Saint Petersburg features the estuary of the River Neva, as well as a series of channels providing transportways between the diffent areas of the city, as transport by boat was common in the days of the foundation of the city.
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  • Detail of old wall in Byblos, a Mediterranean city in Lebanon. The city's Arabic name is Jbeil, and was referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades. Founded around 5000 BCE, it is believed by many to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the world.
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