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A Hard Fought Freedom: The Liberation of Mosul

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  • The view through the bullet shattered ballistic glass of an Iraqi humvee. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • Destruction in the Al Thawra neighborhood of West Mosul. Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • An Iraqi soldier fires a mortar at ISIS positions. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • Iraqi soldiers take aim at ISIS positions in the Al Thawra neighborhood. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • An Iraqi soldier fires on ISIS positions. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • Iraqi soldiers take turns firing over a wall at an ISIS sniper. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • Iraqi soldiers take cover as they scan down a street during their hunt for an ISIS sniper. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • An Iraqi soldier fires a Russian heavy machine gun at ISIS positions. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • During the liberation of Mosul a zoo was discovered. Most of the animals had died in the fighting or starved to death when the owner ran for safety. All that remained alive was a Lion named Simba and a Brown Bear named Lula. Mosul, Iraq. Mar. 30, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • Lula the Bear is tranquilized and transferred to a temporary cage during her rescue from the Mosul Zoo. Mosul, Iraq. Mar. 30, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • Simba inside of his cage in an area far from the fighting in Mosul. Simba and Lula would later be transferred to an animal sanctuary in Jordan. Bartella, Iraq. Mar. 30, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • The narrow streets in the old city that can make fighting so difficult. The holes in the walls were created by ISIS fighters to move between buildings and avoid coalition airstrikes. West Mosul, Iraq. May 9, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • A child dines on the only rations that he has had for the last several weeks. West Mosul, Iraq. May 9, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • An elderly resident of the Al Thawra nieghborhood contemplates liberation in a house that contained nearly 100 civilians that had just been rescued by Iraqi forces. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • A group of children in a house that had just been liberated in the Al Thawra nieghborhood. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • Civilians are evacuated from a house in the Al Thawra neighborhood by Iraqi forces. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • A young family walks past the destruction of their neighborhood after rescue by Iraqi forces. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • An Iraqi Soldier poses with the Iraqi flag. West Mosul, Iraq. May 9, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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  • ISIS fighter Hassan Falah is captured by Iraqi forces in the Al Thawra neighborhood. West Mosul, Iraq. Apr. 19, 2017. (Photo by Gabriel Romero ©2017)
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