RITE OF SPRING, Kurdistan: 24M

A Yazidi boy stands barefoot in the holy city of Lalish.  Most boys his age were murdered by the invading forces of ISIS in 2014.  His family escaped to Mt. Sinjar along with more than 50,000 Yazidi.  In the heat of summer, they withstood ten days without food or water, until the Kurdish Peshmerga could break a line of safe passage through ISIS forces.

A Yazidi boy stands barefoot in the holy city of Lalish. Most boys his age were murdered by the invading forces of ISIS in 2014. His family escaped to Mt. Sinjar along with more than 50,000 Yazidi. In the heat of summer, they withstood ten days without food or water, until the Kurdish Peshmerga could break a line of safe passage through ISIS forces.