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A worker takes a well-earned break.

A child helps as Syrian Kurdish men work with a wheat mill said to be 100 years old. All photos: AFP

It is in the north-western city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Syria's Aleppo province.

The mill grinds wheat for bulgur and flour.

An elderly man checks the day's wheat.

Men sort bulgur wheat.

View from the bottom of the mill.

A man starts the milling process that turns whole grains into flour.

A man at work at the mill.

The 100-year-old mill is still in perfect working order.

A Syrian Kurdish man handles grains before they are turned into flour.

A worker takes a well-earned break.

A child helps as Syrian Kurdish men work with a wheat mill said to be 100 years old. All photos: AFP

It is in the north-western city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Syria's Aleppo province.

The mill grinds wheat for bulgur and flour.

An elderly man checks the day's wheat.

Men sort bulgur wheat.

View from the bottom of the mill.

A man starts the milling process that turns whole grains into flour.

A man at work at the mill.

The 100-year-old mill is still in perfect working order.

A Syrian Kurdish man handles grains before they are turned into flour.

A worker takes a well-earned break.

100-year-old wheat mill in Syria - in pictures

President Sheikh Mohamed receives Jordan's King Abdullah II at Al Bateen Airport, Abu Dhabi. Ryan Carter / UAE Presidential Court

President Sheikh Mohamed receives Jordan's King Abdullah - in pictures

Disaster agency workers help residents to safety after heavy flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia. EPA

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