And sometimes an image reminds us of the horror of it all. Aleppo is a city in northern Syria that has been besieged for years during that country's civil war. Thousands of people have been killed there, and many lives have been upturned. A small boy is rescued from the rubble in Aleppo. On Wednesday, three more people died and at least 12 others were wounded in the rebel-held al Qaterchi neighborhood in eastern Aleppo, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Source: CNN August 18, 2016 01:52 UTC