Families flee past Mosul's destroyed Al Nuri mosque - in pictures
It was from Al-Nuri's pulpit that ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate three years ago.
A family walks past the destroyed Al Nuri Mosque as they struggle to muster the energy to escape the old city, where heavy fighting and an intense bombardment is exacting a high toll on civilians. Florian Neuhof / The National
