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In pics: Life in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition has been bombing the Iran-backed Huthi rebels and their allies since March 2015.

Yemenis gather amidst the rubble following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition in the capital Sanaa on June 8, 2015. Yemen's exiled president, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend, in comments broadcast today. (AFP/Gett

A Yemeni man rides his bike past posters of children, reportedly a victim of air-strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, outside the Saudi embassy in the capital Sanaa on June 8, 2015. Yemen’s exiled president, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend, in comments broadcast today. (AFP/Getty Images)

A picture taken on June 8, 2015 shows a collapsed building following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on an area where the office of former Yemeni president’s eldest son, Ahmed Ali Saleh, is located in the capital Sanaa. Yemen’s exiled president, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend, in comments broadcast on June 8, 2015. (AFP/Getty Images)

Yemeni men ride a motorcycle past collapsed buildings following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition in the capital Sanaa on June 8, 2015. Yemen’s exiled president, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend, in comments broadcast today. (AFP/Getty Images)

A Yemeni girl carries a placard which reads in Arabic ‘Children of the world stnad by us’, as she stands next to a poster of children, reportedly victims of air-strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, outside the Saudi embassy in the capital Sanaa on June 8, 2015. Yemen’s exiled president, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend, in comments broadcast today. (AFP/Getty Images)

An armed Yemeni man walks amidst the rubble following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition in the capital Sanaa on June 8, 2015. Yemen’s exiled president, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend, in comments broadcast today. (AFP/Getty Images)

Yemeni children hold placards during a protest in the capital Sanaa against the Saudi-led military operations, on June 6, 2015. The Saudi-led coalition has been bombing the Iran-backed Huthi rebels and their allies since March 2015. The placards read in Arabic (L-R): ‘Don’t kill my parents’, ’73 days without electricity, water, fuel or medicine’, ‘ Don’t kill childhood in Yemen’. (AFP/Getty Images)

Yemeni supporters of the Shiite Huthi movement chant slogans during a march in the capital Sanaa in protest to the Saudi-led military operations against positions held by them and their allies, on June 5, 2015. (AFP/Getty Images)

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