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Questa foto è la sconfitta più bruciante per l'Isis

A mother in Gaza washes her children for the last time in their destroyed home from the recent bombardment of Gaza in May. Taken by Mohammed Zaanoun

At age 13, Farzana Wahidy was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa. To have carried a camera then would have been unthinkable. But she went on to become a pioneering photographer and, after working and studying abroad, returned to Afghanistan to "show the bigger image, not just show we have problems."

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world