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A mythical kiss in the ruins of Syria

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It's the photo of the week: Syrian-born artist Tammam Hazzam has superimposed Gustav Klimt's iconic painting "The Kiss" on a bullet-ridden wall in Syria as a way of protesting against Bashar al-Assad. We also look at more war zones, this time through the very particular lens of Swiss photographer Matthias Bruggmann. And we embark on a world tour through portraits by Jesse Fernandez.

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