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    The Wider Image: Gaza struggles to accommodate the living and

    Omar Kuhail, 65, prays next to graves in the Sheikh Shaban cemetery where he lives, in Gaza City, September 4, 2022. Gaza has faced a mounting demographic crisis for years. Its population is set to more than double within the next 30 years, it should reach 4.8 million and land is already running out. Even the dead are affected, their resting places are pressured by squatters and the relentless reality of a growing population with nowhere else to go. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
    The Wider Image: Gaza struggles to accommodate the living and
    The Wider Image: Gaza struggles to accommodate the living and

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