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The White Helmets volunteer

Ishmael al-Abdullah is haunted by scenes of human suffering he has witnessed in Aleppo in the last four years. He chose to stay when the fighting began and helped start the White Helmets rescue operation.

(Photo: Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, carry a body after digging it out from under the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike on the rebel-held district of al-Fardous in the northern city of Aleppo. Credit: Getty Images)

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