The true cost of the bloodshed can frequently be overlooked.
And sometimes an image reminds us of the horror of it all.
Aleppo is a city in northern Syria that has been besieged for years during that country's civil war. Thousands of people have been killed there, and many lives have been upturned.
On Wednesday, three more people died and at least 12 others were wounded in the rebel-held al Qaterchi neighborhood in eastern Aleppo, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
