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  1. A Syrian woman holding a child waits on the Turkish border in a crowd of refugees

  2. A man transports a body at a hospital in Damascus, after rebels said they had found around 40 showing signs of torture at Harasta hospital (10 December 2024)

  3. People gathering outside Saydnaya Prison, which is a big white building.

  4. A man with dark, short hair looking into the camera with a small smile. He's sitting on a grey sofa and wearing a black and white checked hoodie.

  5. Smoke rising on the horizon of a street in Damascus, Syria. Cars are driving down the road. It is day time with a blue sky.

  6. Syrians gather at Umayyad Square to celebrate the collapse of 61 years of Baath Party rule with songs and convoys of cars in Damascus, Syria on 9 December 2024

  7. A man in a baseball cap walks past a window at night. He's silhouetted against the building and the soft white light coming from the window.

  8. A woman in the passenger seat of a car welcomes the news that Assad has been overthrown

  9. Two girls smiling, girl on left is wearing a pink headscarf, black leather jacket and cream hoody, girl on right (Renad) is wearing a black headscarf and dark green jacket, both girls have syrian flags painted on their faces, group celebrating in the background

  10. A woman stands in front of a bakery counter with an assortment of cakes and pastries. She wears a white hijab, brown glasses, a grey and white striped jumper and a brown apron with the word "Helmi's" on it.

  11. Crowds gathering outside Saydnaya military prison hoping for information about family members

  12. Lina Sinjab, a Syrian BBC journalist with brown hair and with thick-rimmed dark blue circular glasses, wearing a press helmet, having returned to Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime in 2024

  13. File photo showing Bashar al-Assad speaking to the Syrian parliament (12 August 2020)

  14. A CGI image of molecules arranged in hexagonal lattice structure to demonstrate the properties of graphene.

  15. Syrian refugee Ali Abi Zaid who lives in Cheltenham poses for a photo on a grey sofa

  16. Syrian rebel fighters celebrate and hold up the Free Syria flag in Damascus after President Bashar al-Assad reportedly fled abroad (8 December 2024)

  17. A man stand waving a Syrian flag on a street. He is holding a young boy in one arm and a young girl is standing on his other side also holding the bottom of the flag's handle.

  18. Razan Alsous wearing a yellow top and white head scarf standing behind a stall of various cheeses in an indoor market. Other stalls are in the background, with shoppers looking at items for sale.

  19. People chip away at a wall at Sednaya Prison on 9 December 2024 in Damascus, Syria

  20. Blue road sign which has 'welcome to Syria' written on it

  21. The BBC's Lina Sinjab reporting from Damascus, Syria

  22. A woman is released from prison

  23. A woman is filmed in a prison in Syria as rebels free inmates

  24. Men reading newspapers in Damascus