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'The Fall of Mosul' The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped inside the Old City of Mosul. In the weeks leading up to the operation to retake the Old City from ISIL the UN and human rights groups warned the Iraqi government against the use of 'wide-area' explosive weapons, where houses are tightly packed and the civilian population is dense. The number of Islamic State militants fighting in Mosul, by far the biggest city it has ever controlled, has dropped from thousands at the start of the U.S. backed offensive over eight months ago to just a couple of hundred, according to the Iraqi military. Welcome to 'The Fall of Mosul'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #635 Launched July 5, 2017: 'The Fall of Mosul' The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped inside the Old City of Mosul. In the weeks leading up to the operation to retake the Old City from ISIL the UN and human rights groups warned the Iraqi government against the use of 'wide-area' explosive weapons, where houses are tightly packed and the civilian population is dense. The number of Islamic State militants fighting in Mosul, by far the biggest city it has ever controlled, has dropped from thousands at the start of the U.S. backed offensive over eight months ago to just a couple of hundred, according to the Iraqi military. Welcome to 'The Fall of Mosul'
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - Civilians, many injured and weak, flee continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - The final battle against ISIS. People flee through the alleys of old Mosul. The green dome is all that remains of the al-Nuri mosque where ISIS declared their territory in 2014. Now the Iraqi forces have reclaimed the ruins.
© Jerker Ivarsson/Aftonbladet/zReportage.com via ZUMA Wire
Jul 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - An ISOF CTS sniper helps an infant and its family clear rubble near Al-Nuri Mosque days after the Iraqi government declared the Islamic State was defeated. Heavy fighting continued as newly liberated residents flee in droves from the last ISIS held area in Mosul's Old City neighborhood.
© Byron Smith/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A team from Global Response Management provides emergency medical care at a stabilization point near the Old City. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee the continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - Civilians, many injured and weak, flee continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - The final battle against ISIS in Mosul. People flee through the alleys of old Mosul.
© Jerker Ivarsson/Aftonbladet/zReportage.com via ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - The final battle against ISIS in Mosul. People flee through the alleys of old Mosul.
© Jerker Ivarsson/Aftonbladet/zReportage.com via ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - MOHAMMED DYLAN, a volunteer with Wasel Tasel assisting team from Global Response Management carries an injured child in brutal heat until finding a vehicle to transport the injured to the stabilization point near the Old City. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - After rumors of hearing two females entering ISIS-held territory with bombs strapped to their waists, ISOF CTS troops watch as newly liberated Mosul residents make their way through the Old City neighborhood in droves amidst the rubble near Al-Nouri Mosque. Isolated fighting persisted as the Iraqi government declared the Islamic State was defeated.
© Byron Smith/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - An ISOF CTF sniper helps refugees clear rubble near the Al-Nouri Mosque days after the Iraqi government declared the Islamic State was defeated in Mosul. Heavy fighting persists and residents are still fleeing the Old City neighborhood.
© Byron Smith/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq- The final battle against ISIS in Mosul. People flee through the alleys of old Mosul.
© Jerker Ivarsson/Aftonbladet/zReportage.com via ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - The final battle against ISIS in Mosul. People flee through the alleys of old Mosul.
© Jerker Ivarsson/Aftonbladet/zReportage.com via ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - The final battle against ISIS. Families flee through the alleys of old Mosul. A mother dies and her children refuse to abandon her. Finally the military took care of the children.
© Jerker Ivarsson/Aftonbladet/zReportage.com via ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - After rumors of hearing two females entering ISIS-held territory with bombs strapped to their waists, ISOF CTS troops watch as newly liberated Mosul residents make their way through the Old City neighborhood in droves amidst the rubble near Al-Nouri Mosque days after the Iraqi government declared the Islamic State was defeated.
© Byron Smith/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
June 30, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A day after the Iraqi government declared the Islamic State (ISIS) was defeated in Mosul, heavy fighting persisted while newly liberated residents still fled the Old City neighborhood in droves.
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July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A man carries an injured child in brutal heat until finding a vehicle to transport the injured to the team from Global Response Management stabilization point near the Old City. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee the continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A team from Global Response Management provide emergency medical care at a stabilization point near the Old City. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee the continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 3, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A woman weeps about many family members buried under the rubble of her home still praying they can be rescued. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee the continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul. They are brought to a trauma stabilization site near the Old City.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A team from Global Response Management provide emergency medical care at a stabilization point near the Old City. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee the continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - Iraqi soldiers comfort SADRA, two months and four days old, as her mother is pumped with vitamins from an IV at a field clinic kilometers from the front line days after the Iraqi government declared the Islamic State was defeated in Mosul. Heavy fighting persisted as newly liberated residents still fled the Old City neighborhood in droves.
© Byron Smith/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A team from Global Response Management provide emergency medical care at a stabilization point near the Old City. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee the continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - A team from Global Response Management provide emergency medical care at a stabilization point near the Old City. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee the continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - Civilians, many injured and weak, flee continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire
July 2, 2017 - Mosul, Iraq - MOHAMMED DYLAN, a volunteer with Wasel Tasel assisting team from Global Response Management gets a hug from a child. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee continued battle with ISIS in West Mosul amid ruins of the city.
© Carol Guzy/zReportage.com/ZUMA Wire

Carol Guzy

CAROL GUZY is an American documentary photojournalist. As a young girl, ZUMA Press photographer, Carol Guzy always wanted to be an artist. But as she was coming of age in a working-class family in Bethlehem, Pa., such an ambition seemed impossible. ''Everyone I knew said, 'Oh, if you're an artist, you'll starve,''' she recalls. ''You have to do something really practical.''' So Guzy chose to go to nursing school. Halfway through she realized she would not, could not, be a nurse. ''I was scared to death I was going to kill someone by making some stupid mistake,'' she laughs. So while she was trying to figure out what to do with her life, a friend gave her a camera and she took a photography course. Guzy fascination with photography led to an internship and then a job at the Miami Herald. In 1988 she moved to The Washington Post. Carol photographs have won four Pulitzer Prizes and three Photographer of the Year awards in the National Press Photographers' annual contest. ''I don't believe the Pulitzers belong to us, I think we just accept them for the people who are in our stories,'' said Guzy. ''They're the courageous ones.'' From her shots of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti to Albanian refugees fleeing violence in Kosovo, Guzy captures moments of disaster and human suffering:635


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