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A child looks on as Iranian mourners attend the funeral of Mohammad Hamidi, Hasan Ghafari and Ali Amrai, all three members of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards reportedly killed in Syria, on June 25, 2015 in Tehran. According to the official IRNA news agency, the three men have been killed in fighting against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE        (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
A child looks on as Iranian mourners attend the funeral of Mohammad Hamidi, Hasan Ghafari and Ali Amrai, all three members of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards reportedly killed in Syria, on June 25, 2015 in Tehran. According to the official IRNA news agency, the three men have been killed in fighting against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

The Year in Photos

A Us Soldier Inspects Priceless Art Taken From Jews By The Nazi's And Stashed In The Heilbron Salt Mines May 3, 1945 In Germany. The Treasures Were Uncovered By Allied Forces After The Defeat Of Nazi Germany. (Photo By National Archives/Getty Images)
A Us Soldier Inspects Priceless Art Taken From Jews By The Nazi's And Stashed In The Heilbron Salt Mines May 3, 1945 In Germany. The Treasures Were Uncovered By Allied Forces After The Defeat Of Nazi Germany. (Photo By National Archives/Getty Images)

Reclaiming the Spoils of War

URIBE, COLOMBIA:  Members of the revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla forces, (L-R) Ivan Rios, an unidentified woman fighter, Joaquin Gomez, Marcos Calarca, Jairo and Pedro Aldana, arrive in Uriba, Colombia, 25 October 1999, for a new round of peace talks with government representatives. The talks resumed 24 October 1999 after months of delays and setbacks renewing hopes for an end to more than three decades of civil war.    (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
URIBE, COLOMBIA: Members of the revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla forces, (L-R) Ivan Rios, an unidentified woman fighter, Joaquin Gomez, Marcos Calarca, Jairo and Pedro Aldana, arrive in Uriba, Colombia, 25 October 1999, for a new round of peace talks with government representatives. The talks resumed 24 October 1999 after months of delays and setbacks renewing hopes for an end to more than three decades of civil war. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
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<> at London Zoo on May 2, 2013 in London, England.
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HEIHE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15:  (CHINA OUT) Shirtless frontier scouts jump up and pitch forward onto snow during a training session in 26 degrees Celsius below zero on December 15, 2015 in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province of China. Frontier scouts took cold-tolerance training in 26 degrees Celsius below zero in Heilongjiang.  (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
HEIHE, CHINA - DECEMBER 15: (CHINA OUT) Shirtless frontier scouts jump up and pitch forward onto snow during a training session in 26 degrees Celsius below zero on December 15, 2015 in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province of China. Frontier scouts took cold-tolerance training in 26 degrees Celsius below zero in Heilongjiang. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

The World in Photos This Week

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 04:  A South Korean man dressed in a Darth Vader during the "Star Wars - Force Friday" in Myeongdong shopping district on September 4, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Darth Vader and Stormtroopers made appearance at the global launch event "Star Wars - Force Friday" that Disney planned to debut the toys inspired by the upcoming film, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."  (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 04: A South Korean man dressed in a Darth Vader during the "Star Wars - Force Friday" in Myeongdong shopping district on September 4, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Darth Vader and Stormtroopers made appearance at the global launch event "Star Wars - Force Friday" that Disney planned to debut the toys inspired by the upcoming film, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country cross into Jordanian territory, near Mafraq, on the border with Syria, on February 18, 2013.  Jordan says it is hosting around 350 Syrian refugees, including more than 90,000 at Zaatari desert refugee camp, near the border with Syria.  The country provides free health and education services for more than 200,000 UN-registered Syrian refugees, according to officials.  AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI        (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country cross into Jordanian territory, near Mafraq, on the border with Syria, on February 18, 2013. Jordan says it is hosting around 350 Syrian refugees, including more than 90,000 at Zaatari desert refugee camp, near the border with Syria. The country provides free health and education services for more than 200,000 UN-registered Syrian refugees, according to officials. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images)
A man throws his boy in the air after arriving with other refugees and migrants at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on December 4, 2015.  / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS        (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
A man throws his boy in the air after arriving with other refugees and migrants at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on December 4, 2015. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

The World in Photos This Week

SAN BERNARDINO, CA - DECEMBER 03:  People hold candles as they attend a vigil at the San Manuel Stadium to remember those injured and killed during the shooting at the Inland Regional Center were killed on December 3, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. Police continue to investigate a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino that left at least 14 people dead and another 17 injured on December 2nd. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
SAN BERNARDINO, CA - DECEMBER 03: People hold candles as they attend a vigil at the San Manuel Stadium to remember those injured and killed during the shooting at the Inland Regional Center were killed on December 3, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. Police continue to investigate a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino that left at least 14 people dead and another 17 injured on December 2nd. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Najibah tried to comfort her daughter Zahra (8) as they both wept over the grave of their husband and father, just south of Kunduz City.

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During the two week takeover of Kunduz City by the Taliban from September 28 - October 12, 43-year-old Baynazar Mohammad Nazar (***First name only to be used because of potential threats to his family***) was shot in crossfire between government forces and Taliban fighters on his way home from where he works as a Chowkidor (unarmed guard) in Kunduz City. He spent the next two and a half days being operated on and recovering in the nearby MSF Kunduz Trauma Center. At around 2AM on Saturday, October 3, however, Baynazar was one of at least thirty patients, patient carers and staff who were killed when a U.S. AC-130 gunship destroyed much of the hospital after receiving a request for air support from Afghan Commandos in the area. Baynazar's family spent ten days searching for him - from Kunduz to Baghlan Province to Mazar-e Sharif and back to Kunduz, eventually being told by a shopkeeper near the hospital that he and 12 others had been taken from the hospital and buried on the edge of the city. He is survived by his wife, Najibah, sons, Samiullah (19) and Mohammad Khalid (6) and daughters Raiana (10) and Zahra (8).
Najibah tried to comfort her daughter Zahra (8) as they both wept over the grave of their husband and father, just south of Kunduz City. Sub Caption: During the two week takeover of Kunduz City by the Taliban from September 28 - October 12, 43-year-old Baynazar Mohammad Nazar (***First name only to be used because of potential threats to his family***) was shot in crossfire between government forces and Taliban fighters on his way home from where he works as a Chowkidor (unarmed guard) in Kunduz City. He spent the next two and a half days being operated on and recovering in the nearby MSF Kunduz Trauma Center. At around 2AM on Saturday, October 3, however, Baynazar was one of at least thirty patients, patient carers and staff who were killed when a U.S. AC-130 gunship destroyed much of the hospital after receiving a request for air support from Afghan Commandos in the area. Baynazar's family spent ten days searching for him - from Kunduz to Baghlan Province to Mazar-e Sharif and back to Kunduz, eventually being told by a shopkeeper near the hospital that he and 12 others had been taken from the hospital and buried on the edge of the city. He is survived by his wife, Najibah, sons, Samiullah (19) and Mohammad Khalid (6) and daughters Raiana (10) and Zahra (8).
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