Feature: Syria's handmade glassmaking fights extinction only with makers' passion

Muhammad Hallaq, a 62-year-old glassmaker, creates handmade glassware in an over in his workshop in the Zablatani area of Damascus, Syria on May 27, 2019. The handmade glassmaking in Syria is currently fighting to survive, but only with the passion of a handful of makers who are witnessing the slow end of this ancient profession. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani)