Yemen's peaceful mountaintop oasis

A civil war rages below, but life for Dhalamlam Mountain's rural villagers carries on

Boys swim in a pond in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad)
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Jackie Friedman

Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.