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Eleven year old Banaz fled her home in northern Iraq after Islamic State fighters killed her father. She made her way here to Lalish, a temple complex that is the most holy site for the region’s Yazidi minority. Now it’s also a shelter of last resort for more than 2,000 families, after the Islamic State invaded their villages.
Credit: Tracey Shelton