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In Mosul: life goes on, in spite of everything

Children play football as smoke rises from oil wells, were set on fire by Daesh terrorists to limit coalition forces pilots' eyesight and to make the wells out of service following Iraqi army's retaking of Al Qayyarah town from Daesh during the operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Daesh, in Al Qayyarah Town Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq on October 30, 2016. A much anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from Daesh began midnight Sunday.

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

MOSUL, IRAQ – OCTOBER 30: (Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

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