The family of Amal Hassan Al Durr, a 5-year-old girl, weeps inconsolably behind the ambulance transporting her body in Majdal Zoun, Lebanon, on Thursday, Feb. 22.
Here is what photojournalists on the ground documented this past week:
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Families and supporters of hostages kidnapped amid the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas block a road during a protest calling for the hostages' release in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Feb. 23.
/ Maya Levin for NPR
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Maya Levin for NPR
Israeli soldiers practice evacuating wounded people with a helicopter during a military drill in northern Israel on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in an effort to prepare for a potential escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Said Khatib / AFP via Getty Images
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AFP via Getty Images
Palestinian children look at a cemetery in Rafah on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
Oded Balilty / AP
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AP
A woman holds a mask depicting the faces of Shiri Bibas and her sons Kfir and Ariel, Israelis who are being held hostage in Gaza, during a protest on Wednesday, Feb. 21, in Tel Aviv to demand their release.
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty Images
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AFP via Getty Images
Israeli security forces stand guard as Palestinians observe their noon prayers on a street in east Jerusalem on Friday, Feb. 23.
/ Ayman Oghanna for NPR
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Ayman Oghanna for NPR
Suheir Barghouti's son, Saleh, was shot dead by the Israeli military in 2018 in the West Bank city of Ramallah, a short distance from their home. Six years later, she still doesn't know where his body is.
/ Tamir Kalifa for NPR
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Tamir Kalifa for NPR
Israeli police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators blocking a road in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Feb. 24, as they protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and demand the release of hostages still being held in Gaza.
Anas Baba / NPR
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People survey what remains of buildings in Rafah that were hit by Israeli bombardments on Sunday, Feb. 25.
Ammar Awad / Reuters
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Reuters
Palestinian attend Friday prayers while Israeli Border Police officers stand guard in Jerusalem on Friday, Feb. 23.
/ Maya Levin for NPR
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Maya Levin for NPR
Israeli soldiers practice evacuating wounded people with a helicopter during a military drill in northern Israel on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The Israeli Defense Forces said the exercises reflected new methods developed while evacuating wounded soldiers in Gaza during the current conflict.
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People survey the remains of a mosque Sunday, Feb. 25, that had been leveled by Israeli strikes on Rafah.
Menahem Kahana / AFP via Getty Images
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AFP via Getty Images
This picture, taken from a position in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip, shows Israeli battle tanks crossing the border into northern Gaza on Monday, Feb. 19.
Ohad Zwigenberg / AP
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AP
Gillian Brisley arranges clothes in her relatives' home in Kibbutz Be'eri, in southern Israel, on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Gillian's daughter and two granddaughters were killed in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, and their son-in-law was taken captive.
/ Ayman Oghanna for NPR
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Ayman Oghanna for NPR
Suheir Barghouti's living room, which she's turned into a shrine filled with posters of her sons and her late husband, all involved to varying degrees in the conflict, in her home in Ramallah.
/ Ayman Oghanna for NPR
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Ayman Oghanna for NPR
A couple, one armed, pose for a photo in front of a mock Hamas tunnel in what has become known as Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Feb. 19. This is a round-the-clock encampment for those seeking the return of Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza.
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