A general view shows Al-Zaatari Syrian refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 9, 2016. Mohammad Othman's bicycle route through the marketplace in the Syrian refugee camp of Zaatari was once a struggle against a tide of people. Now it's an easy ride. So many residents have left for the West, or been forced back to Syria by Jordanian authorities, that Zaatari, once the fastest-growing refugee camp in the Middle East, has gone quiet. Where there had been empty desert, a sprawling slum city emerged, with a population of 125,000 at its peak. Around half a million people have passed through.Shops sprang up offering everything from ice cream to pizzas, mobile phones or wedding gown rentals. Prime spots changed hands for thousands of dollars. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee girl sits on an armchair for sale at Al-Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee boy rides a bicycle at Al-Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, near the border with Syria October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugees gather to exchange bicycles at a bicycle market in Al-Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 9, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugee children stand at a bicycles market in Al-Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 9, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee man fixes a bicycle inside his shop in Al-Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee man fetches his children after school in Al-Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 9, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee man sells vegetables in Al-Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 16, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugees buy vegetables and fruit displayed on a donkey cart in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 14, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee boy transports goods for shop owners at Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan, October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugee, Samah Aloshi, 3, stands in front of a clothing shop Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 16, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee has a shave at a barber shop in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Belongings sit on a shelf at a barber shop at Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan, October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee man sits inside his shop in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee (L) sells sweets at his shop in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 16, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee smokes in his shop in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugees shop using humanitarian aid vouchers inside a market at Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian man transports bottles of soft drinks, to be distributed to customers, with his bicycle in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee undergoes eye-verification to receive his humanitarian aid vouchers in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee man and his son feed pigeons in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 14, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee man (obscured) moves boxes of goods at his shop in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugees carry bags as they walk in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugees make biomass briquettes from olive pomace, a by-product of olive oil manufacture, which is an alternative to firewood, outside Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 16, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A man feed birds in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 14, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian refugee is reflected in a mirror in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugee children play computer games at Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugees collect water in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 14, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
A Syrian man sits on a portable tank as he fills a container with water in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 14, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugee children hide under a cover on a wheelchair, as they connect to international aid organisations' WIFI, in Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 9, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Rasha Inha, 30, the Syrian widow of a rebel fighter, poses for a photograph with her children in Zaatari camp in Jordan, October 14, 2016. Inha's husband was killed during fighting againt forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Sahnaya, near Damascus. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Mageda Armous, 25, the widow of a rebel fighter poses for a photograph with her children, as they hold a photograph of their late father in Zaatari camp in Jordan October 8, 2016. Armous's husband was killed during fighting againt forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Daraa. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Nariman Qadhe, 30, the widow of a rebel fighter, poses for a photograph with her children as they hold a photograph of their late father in Zaatari camp in Jordan October 14, 2016. Qadhe's husband was killed during fighting againt forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Al-Hirak. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Afef Salem, 33, the Syrian widow of a rebel fighter, poses for a photograph with her children, as they hold a photograph of their late father in Zaatari camp in Jordan, October 14, 2016. Salem's husband was killed during fighting againt forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Sheikh Saeed, Aleppo. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Fadwe Arashed, 25, the Syrian widow of a rebel fighter poses for a photograph with her children, as they hold a photograph of her late husband in Zaatari camp in Jordan October 14, 2016. Arashed's husband was killed during fighting againt forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near Daraa. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Syrian refugee children play console games at Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria, in Mafraq, Jordan October 15, 2016. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
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