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With The Collapse Of The ISIS 'Caliphate,' A Camera Lens Lingers On Those Left Behind

As U.S.-backed forces fought in recent weeks to reclaim the last territory held by ISIS in Syria, photographer Felipe Dana turned his lens on the thousands of civilians rushing to evacuate.

Felipe Dana has spent more than two years photographing the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but he says he's shot his most compelling work in just the past several weeks.

Along the desert terrain of southeast Syria, Dana, , has watched as long lines of civilians filed out of the small town of Baghouz.

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