When ISIS captured the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq two years ago, thousands of people from the Yazidi community were trapped, including some 25,000 children. Thousands of men were killed as they tried to flee, and hundreds of women and girls were abducted by ISIS and kept as sex slaves.

Last year, Unicef began a photography workshop for 25 young Yazidi women who were affected by the massacre. These images, which were shared by Unicef, were taken by the young women who live in a displacement camp near the city of Dohuk in northern Iraq, to show how their community is coping in the aftermath of the killings.

All of them were allowed to keep their cameras.

Yazidi women pray to this holy tree on Sinjar mountain to become pregnant.

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Bafrin Khodeyda Ahmad, 19, from Sinjar, took photos showing her mother’s experience of displacement. The date on the wall is the date that the family fled their home.

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Yazidis perform religious rituals inside the Shiekhday Shrine at Lalish Sacred Monastery.

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Yazidi worshippers perform traditional religious ceremonies at Lalish Sacred Monastery during the Yazidi New Year.

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Nasrin, 17, followed the journey of a woman who found herself hopelessly alone after her husband died, just before she gave birth to his child. The illiterate woman was devastated, but realized she needed to pick herself up for the sake of her child. She taught herself to read and write — and then set up her own business, a successful salon in her camp. Nasrin titled her photo story "Never Give Up."

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A figurine of a Yazidi temple inside the tent of a displaced Yazidi woman living in a camp near Dohuk, in a photo by Nasrin Salim Hasan.

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Two girls at Khanke Displacement Camp play an ancient Yazidi game that dates back thousands of years.

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A Yazidi woman, Nasma Hussien Hassan, prays for the release of the kidnapped Yazidi girls at Lalish Sacred Monastery.

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Zina Elyas Hasan’s photo project focused on a couple living in her camp who wanted to have children but they couldn't. Here, the husband teaches a class inside the camp.

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Khanke Displacement Camp, near Dohuk in northern Iraq, where many displaced Yazidis live, photo taken by Neam Ali Bashar, 20.

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Bafrin, 19, took photos about her mother’s experience of displacement. The date on the wall in the image is the date that the family fled their home near Sinjar.

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Bafrin Khodeyda Ahmad, 19, took this picture of Lalesh - the most blessed place for Yazidis. She explained: 'If anyone has a wish (to be married, to have children), we will visit there and make a wish'.

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A Yazidi girl sticks flowers and eggshells on doors, which signifies peace and glory, in a photo taken by Manal Barakat Elias.

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Children have breakfast with their mother at the camp. Their father is a soldier, so the mother is usually the one who takes care of the kids.

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