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A handout photo made available by the World Press Photo (WPP) organization on 13 February 2017 shows a picture by Agence France-Presse photographer Ameer Alhalbi that won the Spot News – Second Prize, Stories award of the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 13 February 2017. Caption: Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, rescue a boy from the rubble following a reported barrel bomb attack on the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo on 24 November 2016. Story: Since 2012, Syria's northern city of Aleppo has been divided between rebel and regime-held districts, but a devastating regime offensive launched in mid-October saw the rebels ousted from their iconic former stronghold. The army's victory in Aleppo was marked by heavy shelling which destroyed all established hospitals in the area and much of the city was reduced to a wasteland by air and artillery attacks. (Photo by Ameer Alhalbi/AFP Photo/World Press Photo)
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