Heartwarming images of hope from Iraqi villages as Isis control wears off

Islamic State militants killed a couple three days earlier as they were seeking freedom from their rule.

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters carry a wheelchair-bound man, Abbas Ali, 42, after he escaped with his wife and four children from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters help Iraqi women and children climb over a berm as they were escaping the Islamic State controlled village of Abu Jarboa at the frontline, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter searches a displaced man after he escaped from the Islamic State controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
Wheelchair-bound man, Abbas Ali, 42, cries with relief after escaping with his wife and four children from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes his position during battle with Islamic State near Abu Jarboa village, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
An Iraqi girl smiles after escaping from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter frisks a displaced man who escaped from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters question a man who escaped from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
Iraqi women and children sit near the berm after escaping from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters
Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and two displaced Iraqi boys sit at a berm after they escaped from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

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