These heartbreaking photos show how children bear the brunt of Syria's bloody civil war

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Gharam, 5, an orphan, attends a gathering organized by Damascus Lovers, a group that helps with social support for orphans, in Harasta, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.

While Syria is embroiled in a violent civil war, millions of civilians have been displaced, injured, and killed in the crossfire.

But perhaps the most staggering costs of the war have been borne by Syria's children.

8.4 million Syrian children, or approximately 80% of all Syrian children, have been affected by the war.

Children, like 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, have become the face of the nation's struggle. But Daqneesh is far from the only Syrian child affected.