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Distro - Trapped on Mount Sinjar (2014) 

Moises Saman 

(In mid-August 2014, Moises Saman was documenting the plight of trapped Yezidi refugees in Kurdistan for TIME when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed. Saman and most of the passengers escaped with minor injuries and only days later the stranded Yezidis were rescued.
Below is Time Lightbox Editor Olivier Laurent's interview with the photographer.)

The Yezidis – one of Iraq’s oldest and most secretive sects – believe that following the great biblical flood, Noah and his ark came to rest on Mount Sinjar, a range of mountains that run parallel to what is, today, the border between Iraq... 

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur. Dohuk Province. August 10, 2014. 

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur. August 10, 2014.

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur. August 10, 2014. 

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur, Dohuk Province. August 10, 2014. Yazidi women... 

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SYRIA. Derek. August 10, 2014. 

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SYRIA. Derek. August 10, 2014. 

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur. August 11, 2014.

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SYRIA. Derek. August 10, 2014. 

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur. August 11, 2014. Hani Samir, a displaced Yazidi... 

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur. August 11, 2014. Children from the Samir family,... 

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IRAQ. Fishkhabur. August 11. 2014. 

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Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. August 12, 2014. The Singar Mountains... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Yazidi women stranded... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Yazidi families stranded... 

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IRAQ. Mount Sinjar. August 12, 2014. An elderly Yazidi woman... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. A frail Yazidi man,... 

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IRAQ. Mount Sinjar. August 12, 2014. Children grasp each other... 

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IRAQ. Mount Sinjar. August 12, 2014. Yazidi families grasp each... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014.
Frightened Yazidi families... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Yazidi refugee in a... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. 

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IRAQ. Mount Sinjar. August 12, 2014. A Yazidi woman collapses... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Wounded Yazidi refugees... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountain, Iraq. 2014. A Yezidi woman stands next... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. A woman cries for help... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Kurdish fighters carry... 

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IRAQ. Mount Sinjar. August 12, 2014. A Kurdish fighter (front)... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Kurdish fighters stand... 

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IRAQ. Mount Sinjar. August 12, 2014. A Kurdish fighter rushes... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. 2014. A boy whose mother was onboard... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. 2014. Injured survivors of an Iraqi Air... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. 

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IRAQ. Flying over the Iraq-Syria border. August 12, 2014. A wounded... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Frightened Yazidi families... 

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IRAQ. Sinjar Mountains. August 12, 2014. Frightened Yazidi families... 

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IRAQ. Mount Sinjar. August 12, 2014. A Yazidi girl who was severely... 
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