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Garbage disposal is a major problem for displaced people living in unfinished buildings in Adra, in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus. There is no electricity, running water or sewage system, and even windows and doors are incomplete. Oct 2012
Ben Parker/OCHA

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