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In October 2015, a video of a young Yemeni boy lying on a hospital bed being treated for injuries from flying shrapnel became a moving symbol of the human cost of the war in his country. The video shows six-year-old Fareed Shawky pleading in a soft voice to doctors. “Don’t bury me,” he says as tears stream down his face. A few days after it was taken, Fareed Shawky died. He had sustained injuries...