From Mali to Syria, A Look at 2017’s Compelling Images of Conflict

See the most telling images of the year that was.

Man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria.

(Photo: Reuters/Ammar Abdullah)

From bombings in Somalia to air strikes in Syria, 2017 witnessed the horror of raging conflicts across the world, particularly in the Middle East. With a rise in insurgency, and a resultant expansion of terror outfits, war-torn nations and cities have struggled to restore normalcy.
Photojournalists from Reuters captured some of these moments of anguish and terror from the year we are set to leave behind. The Quint picked 24 images from this stunning series on conflict imagery, to give the readers a look at the year that was, and what it spelled for some of the less fortunate people across the world.

Damaged houses, buildings and a mosque are seen inside Marawi city, Philippines.

Myeshia Johnson, wife of US Army Sergeant La David Johnson, who was among four special forces soldiers killed in Niger, kisses his coffin at a graveside service in Hollywood, Florida.

A NH 90 Caiman military helicopter takes-off during the regional anti-insurgent Operation Barkhane in Inaloglog, Mali.

A Houthi fighter talks on the phone as he walks at the site of an air strike on a parade square in Sanaa, Yemen.

SPLA-IO (SPLA-In Opposition) rebels fire weapons during an assault on government SPLA (Sudan People’s Liberation Army) soldiers in the town of Kaya, on the border with Uganda, South Sudan.

Afghan policemen try to rescue four-year-old Ali Ahmad at the site of a suicide attack followed by a clash between Afghan forces and insurgents after an attack on a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.

A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter sit as medics treat his comrades injured by sniper fired by Islamic State militants in a field hospital in Raqqa, Syria.

A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran.

A wounded man lies on the ground at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Members of Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) forces look at the positions of Islamic State militants during clashes in western Mosul, Iraq.

US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which US Defence Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria.

A Ukrainian serviceman rests at a position on the front line at the industrial zone of government-held town of Avdiyivka, Ukraine.

A woman gestures as she approaches Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq.

An Iraqi Special Forces soldier moves through a hole as he searches for Islamic State fighters in Mosul, Iraq.

Russian soldiers, on armoured vehicles, patrol a street in Aleppo, Syria.

Tanks are seen in the government-held industrial town of Avdiyivka, Ukraine. 

Two-and-a-half year old Hala al-Nufi, who suffers from a metabolic disorder which is worsening due to the siege and food shortages in the eastern Ghouta, reacts as she sits on a bed in the Saqba area, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.

A member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) closes a door after marking a house as clear while government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city.

A man cries as he carries his daughter while walking from an Islamic State-controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq.

People collect scattered oranges amidst rubble after an airstrike on a market in rebel held Maarrat Misrin city in Idlib province, Syria.

An Afghan man inspects inside a Shi’ite Muslim mosque after last night attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

A Free Syrian Army fighter is seen at night in the rebel-held area, in the town of Dael, Syria.

Civilians carry the body of an unidentified man from the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia