Yazidi families from Sinjar, comprised of a vast number of young children and the elderly, live meters away from a dual carriageway where cars can drive at speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour.

An elderly Yazidi woman walks among a makeshift camp under a motorway bridge where dozens of Yazidi families have sought shelter from ISIS.

A Yazidi toddler walks among a makeshift camp under a motorway bridge where dozens of Yazidi families have sought shelter from ISIS.

Yazidi children play among trash and human excrements in the basement of an unfinished building where hundreds of Yazidi families have sought shelter from ISIS.

A Yazidi boy climbs the stairs inside an unfinished-building where hundreds of Yazidi families have sought shelter from ISIS.

Yazidi girls observe and giggle as two Peshmergas (Kurdish soldiers) board a taxi. The frontline of the conflict is located a few dozen kilometers away where fighting is ongoing between Kurdish forces and ISIS.

Yazidi mothers care to their children in an unfinished building where hundreds of Yazidi families have sought shelter from ISIS.

Portrait of a young Yazidi mother carrying her child in her arms inside an unfinished building where hundreds of Yazidi families have sought shelter from ISIS.

A Yazidi woman looks at the camera and smile from the inside of an unfinished building where hundreds of families have sought shelter from ISIS.

A Yazidi young girl cries inside an unfinished building where hundreds of Yazidi families have sought shelter from ISIS.