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SYRIA - MIDEAST - VALENTINES - CONFLICT - LIFE STYLE

SYRIA - MIDEAST - VALENTINES - CONFLICT - LIFE STYLE
Hanan, a displaced Syrian woman wears her wedding dress at her temporary home, a school building transformed into a makeshift shelter, before being wed to Mohammad in the northern Syrian city of Hasakeh on December 1, 2019. "Love, we have no aim but to be defeated in your wars," wrote the Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish. Despite the armed conflicts devastating the Middle East, occasionally love comes out victorious. From the battlefields of Syria to the ruined cities of Yemen, journalists bear witness to violence and destruction every day –- but sometimes they capture glimmers of hope, beauty and even romance. To mark Valentine's Day, AFP has selected some of its most powerful recent images of love.
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