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Survivor of the deadly virus got back to his family after a quarantine of three months. (SO/MocuPictures)

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Photographs showing a deceased general personally torturing people taken under custody following the military coup in 1980 caused great public controversy while the army released an official statement on their website saying that the photos were 'viciously manipulated'. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A child tried to protect himself from the deadly epidemic with a mask at the plantation where he works 14 hours a day for a big multinational company. (SO/MocuPictures)

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After covering their body with olive oil, oil-wrestlers compete to win the golden belt. According to oil-wrestling rules, an oil-wrestler wins when he brings his competitor's both shoulders to the ground and make his belly face the sky. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A priest looked briefly in the mirror before entering the parish hall. (SO/MocuPictures)

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Refugees formed long queues for food in front of the makeshift refugee help center at the border early in the morning. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A couple enjoyed a sunny afternoon at the city park. (SO/MocuPictures)

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Mass demonstrations were held on the International Workers' Day in the largest city square although public transportation was suspended in the early morning hours. The parliament had passed the controversial Demonstration Law that prohibits demonstrations in city squares four years ago, and for the first time, the police did not intervene the celebrations this year. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A woman waited to take her deceased husband's body from the forensic morgue for funeral ceremony. Eight people including a teenager and a woman were reported dead as the military forces opened fire on local people protesting construction of walls separating cities in the region. Two days ago, government spokesman had said that the walls would be built to provide better protection for the city dwellers and had nothing to do with military operations in the region. (SO/MocuPictures)

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After 13 years of prohibition, the first LGBTIQ pride was held in the city center on Sunday and least 10,000 people attended the parade. The parliament had repealed the prohibition in February. (SO/MocuPictures)

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People gathered at a community center to discuss the neighborhood's demands and expectations with the newly elected local administration. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A miner that survived the explosion in a coal mine that killed at least 301 people on Thursday expressed his anger against the government. Miners accuse the government for having no measures to prevent the explosion although there were clear signs of danger such as rising temperature and gas levels in the galleries. The mine was run by a private company under government license. (SO/MocuPictures)

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Police intervened with tear gas to a peaceful demonstration against the government. (SO/MocuPictures)

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Mourners paid their respects to the late local youth leader who was shot dead on Thursday by members of a drug gang in his neighborhood. He was a known activist fighting for the rights of local people against big businesses involved in urban transformation of the neighborhood. The gang is allegedly supported by the police as a means of suppressing local activists struggling against urban transformation and displacement of locals by a web of construction businesses, real-estate businesses and government actors involved in urban development. (SO/MocuPictures)

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President of the chamber of agricultural engineers posed before a blossomed pear tree, saying farmers are worried that a frost might ruin this year's fruit product and damage the trees irreversibly since fruit trees have blossomed as early as in January due to temperatures above seasonal normals.(SO/MocuPictures)

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Family members waited by the former president and retired general's bedside, hoping against hope for full recovery although the doctors say the situation is critic. The general was hospitalized last Monday following a heart attack. He had been the leading figure in the military coup that left at least 800 people dead, 171 of which were legally proved to be tortured to death. (SO/MocuPictures)

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After passing the border and arriving at a refugee camp late at night, an old woman looked back to the far lands she had called home. The estimated number of refugees housed in refugee camps across the border was 10,000 as of June. A total of 2 million people are estimated to have fled to neighbouring countries in three years of civil war. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A young woman embraced a stray dog in the forest. As municipality dog shelters lack appropriate funding and conditions to host dogs, many municipalities choose to collect stray dogs in their territory and leave them in forest areas in the outskirts of the city. Volunteers gather every Sunday to provide food, clean water, and veterinary care for the dogs, and bury the dead, as every week, a number of dogs are usually killed by other dogs in fierce fights for hegemony and food. Volunteers state that emergency action is required to place the dogs in shelter and provide proper care. (SO/MocuPictures)

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Returning after 20 years of exile to her village, a woman found her home occupied by armed village guards. Many villages were evacuated by government forces during 1990s, and villagers had to move to safer regions, leaving their homes and land behind. The woman told the photographer that the occupiers held fake documents showing that the original dwellers had sold their property to village guards, and that she will fight by every means to get her property back. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A striker rested for a few minutes at the strike tent. The factory workers have gone on strike 45 days ago after negotiations between the employer and the trade union yielded no results. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A man showed affection to his dog by the seaside. A new municipality law banning dogs to enter public beaches was introduced last week, causing reaction from many animal rights defenders. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A protester sprayed by water canons during clashes with government forces rested at the entrance of an apartment building. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A young couple had intimate moments at a small cafe. Unmarried couples are not allowed to get together without parental supervision until marriage, but many cafes offer separate rooms for young couples to meet and spend time together. (SO/MocuPictures)

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The bride, 14, and the groom, 16, posed for the photographer before their wedding ceremony.(SO/MocuPictures)

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Family members waited to retrieve the body of the young student who was shot in the head with a gas canister during the fierce clashes on Tuesday. Seven people have died until now in the clashes with government forces since last June. The government is blamed for insisting on using violence against protesters. (SO/MocuPictures)

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A villager showed reaction against the provisional water policies of the government, and demanded permanent solutions favoring small farmers and villagers, saying that her grains have dried, and her animals are in bad condition because of water scarcity (SO/MocuPictures).

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A neighborhood dweller showed anger towards a photographer while the family dog got protective due to tension. The neighborhood is frequently visited by photographers trying to capture daily life before the area is totally evacuated as per an urban transformation project. Some dwellers react strongly to the existence of photographers, blaming them for not showing the ugly face of urban transformation, and just capturing specific negative moments, and thus supporting the discourse of the government that the neighborhoods under the urban transformation law are "filled with thieves, drug dealers, sex workers, and hence they need to be cleared."(SO/MocuPictures)

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A mother held her sick son waiting to be hospitalized. More and more people cannot afford health care as government regulations favor upper segments of the society (SO/MocuPictures)