A worker presses clay into an iron mold to shape bricks in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, July 17, 2025. Following the Sudanese army's recapture of Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, displaced residents began returning home. Facing ruined homes and scarce resources, they started to rebuild houses using whatever materials available. Along the Nile in Khartoum and Omdurman, workers shape seasonal silt into bricks, then dry and fire them as generations before. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
A worker transports mud bricks in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, July 17, 2025. Following the Sudanese army's recapture of Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, displaced residents began returning home. Facing ruined homes and scarce resources, they started to rebuild houses using whatever materials available. Along the Nile in Khartoum and Omdurman, workers shape seasonal silt into bricks, then dry and fire them as generations before. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
Workers arrange mud bricks in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, July 17, 2025. Following the Sudanese army's recapture of Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, displaced residents began returning home. Facing ruined homes and scarce resources, they started to rebuild houses using whatever materials available. Along the Nile in Khartoum and Omdurman, workers shape seasonal silt into bricks, then dry and fire them as generations before. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
Workers prepare clay to make mud bricks in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, July 17, 2025. Following the Sudanese army's recapture of Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, displaced residents began returning home. Facing ruined homes and scarce resources, they started to rebuild houses using whatever materials available. Along the Nile in Khartoum and Omdurman, workers shape seasonal silt into bricks, then dry and fire them as generations before. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
A worker stacks fired bricks in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, July 17, 2025. Following the Sudanese army's recapture of Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, displaced residents began returning home. Facing ruined homes and scarce resources, they started to rebuild houses using whatever materials available. Along the Nile in Khartoum and Omdurman, workers shape seasonal silt into bricks, then dry and fire them as generations before. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
Workers stack fired bricks in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, July 17, 2025. Following the Sudanese army's recapture of Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, displaced residents began returning home. Facing ruined homes and scarce resources, they started to rebuild houses using whatever materials available. Along the Nile in Khartoum and Omdurman, workers shape seasonal silt into bricks, then dry and fire them as generations before. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
A worker airs mud bricks in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan, July 17, 2025. Following the Sudanese army's recapture of Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, displaced residents began returning home. Facing ruined homes and scarce resources, they started to rebuild houses using whatever materials available. Along the Nile in Khartoum and Omdurman, workers shape seasonal silt into bricks, then dry and fire them as generations before. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
