Photograph by Alessio Romenzi
April 15, 2013. Relatives of a civilian wounded by a regime forces air strike brought balloons in his hospital room in Aleppo, Syria.
One of my personal favorite images of the year. A beautifully quiet and subtlety poignant image from Syria made by Alessio Romenzi, a frequent contributor to TIME. This photograph would surely have made the 365 gallery were it not taken on the same date as the Boston Marathon Bombing. —Phil Bicker, Senior Photo Editor, TIME
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