Gallery: Photos: Faces of Syrians Fleeing Violence
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*Children fill the lanes in between tents at the refugee camp in Reyhanli, Turkey.*
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*Men dismantle some of the tents in the Reyhanli refugee camp. The Turkish government is consolidating some of the camps into one larger one at Killis, to the north. It was the site of fighting days after this picture was taken.*
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*Syrian refugees Ahmer Azou, left, and Bilal Hamowe, right, pose for a portrait outside their tent as they drink tea.*
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*Laundry hangs out to dry in the Reyhanli refugee camp.*
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*A makeshift hot plate heats a teapot.*
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*Barbed wire surrounds the Reyhanli refugee camp.*
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*Children play on a jungle gym inside the camp.*
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*Television footage of a Syrian army offensive plays in a tent housing refugees fleeing from that army.*
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*A refugee family waits for coffee to boil.*
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*One refugee passes the time ... with a Tetris knock-off.*
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*Syrian women wash dishes at one of the camp's communal spigots.*
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*A television satellite dish is rigged outside one of the camp's tents.*
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*A refugee sells candy and cheap soda at a makeshift convenience store inside the camp.*
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*Syrian refugee children spend the afternoon playing on pieces of rope fashioned into makeshift swings.*
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*Abdullah Kontar, right, updates the software on his laptop as his son Muhammed, looks on.*
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