Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2018 shows a team of local experts restoring damaged or fully-destroyed antiques, mostly from IS-looted city Palmyra, at the National Museum of Damascus in Damascus, Syria. The IS group had stormed Palmyra twice during the more than seven-year-long war, destroying precious archeological sites, such as temples and tombs, and shattering sculptures into pieces in the ancient oasis city, which is registered by the UNESCO as a world heritage. After the war was over in Palmyra, the authorities brought in hundreds of damaged and fully-destroyed artifacts to the National Museum of Damascus to fix them, a process that is expected to take between five and eight years depending on the size of destruction and the availability of the materials used in the restoration process. (Xinhua/Wang Jian)
