This surreal photo shows a Syrian boy diving into a bomb crater filled with water
Aleppo Media Center via AP
Syrian children had some fun in a makeshift pool amid the rubble of their rebel-held and war-torn home city of Aleppo.
Photos posted by the Aleppo Media Center on Wednesday showed several children playing in a crater caused by a missile strike that had collected water from a damaged pipe.
One photo captures a boy diving into the muddy water while his mates watch:
مهما فعل الأسد في #حلب، فالحياة لن تنتهي، أطفالها يصنعون من كل موقع دمره صاروخ حياة أخرى.. حي الشيخ سعيد#AleppoAMCpic.twitter.com/ZjUqdqZpIY
— مركز حلب الإعلامي (@AleppoAMC) August 31, 2016
The AMC's tweet reads: "Whatever Assad has done in Aleppo, life isn't over -- its children make a new life in every site destroyed by his rockets. Sheikh Saeed District #AleppoAMC."
The makeshift swimming pool was in the southern district of Sheikh Saee. Under the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, people have suffered from brutal conflict — ongoing missile attacks, bombs and artillery fire — for several years.
AMC has documented horrifying footage of the impact of war on Aleppo, including the the heartbreaking video of a young boy's rescue that captured global attention.
See inside the fighting and destruction in Aleppo:
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