A man runs from an Islamic State controlled part of Mosul during a battle in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)





A man cries as he carries his daughter while walking from an Islamic State-controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq March 4, 2017. Reuters Photographer Goran Tomasevic: “Both screaming in terror, a father and the young daughter he cradled in his arm fled through the rubble-strewn streets of Wadi Hajar, transformed in a flash into a battleground between Islamic State fighters and Iraqi special forces. They and their neighbours – some wearing rubber sandals, some barefoot – were running from an IS counter-attack in this part of Mosul, dodging gunfire as the militants closed in. When they reached the special forces lines, males were ordered to lift their shirts to prove they weren't suicide bombers. Some had to take off their clothes or show their belts, though not those carrying children. The father was so beside himself, so panicked. It was obvious because he had a short shirt on and was carrying a child that he wasn't Islamic State. I believe they will both be taken to a refugee camp”. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)





An Iraqi special forces soldier checks men for explosive belts as they cross from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul to Iraqi forces controlled part of Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)





Men and woman cry while carrying a child as they run from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)





An Iraqi family walks from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)





An Iraqi special forces soldier fires at a drone operated by Islamic State militants Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)





An Iraqi special forces soldier helps a family carry their child to cross from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul to Iraqi forces controlled part of Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 5, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 6, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 6, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis receive food, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 6, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 6, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes in Al Mansour district, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 6, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes in Al Mansour district, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 6, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A displaced Iraqi man flees his home in Al Mansour district, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 6, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Smoke rises from a car bomb that exploded during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 6, 2017. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





A disabled Iraqi girl who flees her home waits in a street for a truck to carry her to a safe place, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A displaced Iraqi girl carries her doll as she flees her home while Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqis flee their homes while Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Military vehicles of federal police are seen during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 7, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A Special forces member enters a house through a hole in a wall during a battle with Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A displaced Iraqi men reacts as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Smoke rises during a battle with Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A displaced Iraqi woman reacts as she waits in a street for a truck to carry her to a safe place, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 8, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A displaced Iraqi man waits in a street for a truck to carry him to a safe place as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 8, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A displaced Iraqi boy waves a white flag as he flees his home while Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 8, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A displaced Iraqi with his son prepares to get on a truck to be carried to a safe place, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 8, 2017. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)