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Fire

Photo by Cengiz Yar Jr. @hfwh for @burndiary. Photo: Fire engulfs a wheat field in northeastern Syria’s Rojava province. With limited resources entering the primarily agrarian economy of Rojava Syria because of the war, crop fires such as this can cripple a community.

Partially Destroyed Mosque

Photo by Cengiz Yar Jr. @hfwh for @burndiary. Photo: A Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG) fighter walks atop a partially destroyed mosque used as a frontline lookout position in the war against The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Rojava Syria.

Kurdish People Protection Units (YPG)

Photo by @hfwh for @burndiary. Photo: Kurdish People Protection Units (YPG) fighters’ weapons rest on a ledge at a frontline position in their battle against The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) in Rojava Syria. As Assad’s regime has continued to battle rebel factions across much of eastern Syria, they have essentially relinquished control of northeastern Syria …

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Syrian Refugee Crisis

Photo by @hfwh for @burndiary. Hi my name is Cengiz Yar Jr. (@hfwh) and I’ll be taking over the Burn Diary account for the next 7 days. I’m a documentary photographer based in Chicago but since April have been traveling through Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon covering the Syrian refugee crisis for my project @syriaschildren. I’ll be sharing …

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The shadows

The shadows by Ako Salemi @f64s125 #tehran #iran

Man and the Bird

Man and the bird #tehran by Ako Salemi @f64s125 for @burndiary

from Tehran

Hi everybody! I’m Ako ( @f64s125 ) 33, an street photographer from Tehran, Iran. I have worked as a photojournalist for some Iranian news papers since 8 years ago, and during last 2 years shooting by my iPhone in streets of Tehran.  Feel free to ask me any questions about Iran and also my works! So glad …

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bradgatepark

bradgatepark Photo by @francislane for @burndiary