Syrian civil war: Photographs that define the country

After days of diplomatic wrangling, the Security Council on Saturday adopted a resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria without delay to allow for aid deliveries and medical evacuations.

A bulldozer removes rubble next to the heavily damaged Grand Umayyad Mosque in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. | AP 

This photo shows the destruction of the Ramouseh neighborhood in eastern Aleppo, Syria. | AP

Mohammed Bayraqdar poses for a picture with his son Abdul-Awal at their burned house in Khaldiyeh, one of the worst damaged neighborhoods in Homs, Syria. | AP

A man searches for scrap metal from the destruction of the Salaheddine neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria. | AP

A woman who returned to live in her apartment inside a damaged building sits on the balcony in the Salaheddin neighborhood of eastern Aleppo, Syria. | AP

A soldier looks at the destruction of the Ramouseh neighborhood from a the roof of a damage, in eastern Aleppo, Syria. | AP

Children play in the war-damaged Bab Dreib neighborhood of the old city of Homs, Syria. | AP

Syrians walk between destroyed buildings during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. | AP