Syrian former national boxing champion, Shaaban Kattan (R) leads a training session at the Shahba boxing club that he founded in Syria's war-torn Aleppo city on February 10, 2016 in a rebel held district of the city.
Along with colleague Ahmad Mashallah, Kattan opened the club in the summer of 2015 to bring boxing back to a conflict-ravaged city. Bathed in the fluorescent light of a sparse basement in Aleppo, young boys pummel red punching bags under the close supervision of a former national boxing champion

 / AFP / KARAM AL-MASRI        (Photo credit should read KARAM AL-MASRI/AFP/Getty Images)