Up, up, and away
Afghanistan's balloon sellers offer the country's citizens colorful, ephemeral bouquets of hope



(REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

(REUTERS/Ahmad Masood)

(AP Photo/Jawad Jalali)

(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

(REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

(REUTERS/Ahmad Masood)

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