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  • Mass Graves in Iraq
  • Automatic weapons are among the items left behind by ISIS fighters and Iraqi soldiers who saw intense fighting in Tel Afar
  • This house served as the local headquarters for ISIS in Tel Afar, where prisoners were kept in a basement prison
  • Recovery workers access the sewer system through these portals, in search of evidence of mass graves
  • Human remains were found under this house in Tel Afar, one of many locations where recovery teams looked for ISIS victims
  • Recovery workers sift through the human remains found in the uniform of an Iraqi soldier, captured and killed by ISIS in the battle for Tel Afar
  • Body bags with the human remains of some of the victims who were handcuffed and blindfolded, killed by a bullet to the back of the head
  • Large campaign posters for an upcoming election are all over Tel Afar, where election activities have slowed recovery efforts
  • More than 500 human remains were found in the Badoush prison fields outside of Tel Afar, one of several sites in Northern Iraq occupied by ISIS
  • Tel Afar was under ISIS occupation for more than three years and rescue workers say it could take years to remove all remains from the city
  • Recovery workers prepare to load the remains of ISIS victims, including two children found in mass graves onto trucks
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