The scene you see above is taken from the rebel-held side of a street in Aleppo, Syria. The structures that boy is walking past is actually three bus bodies stood on end and lined up. They're there to block the view of Syrian army snipers .

It brings to mind the sort of solution you'd see in the dystopian future that George Miller dreamed up for Mad Max. Sadly, this is all too real. The full-frame image of the shot shown above is remarkable:

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The ongoing Syrian Civil War has made these measures not all that uncommon. A set of photos released by AFP and Getty Images show how locals create these makeshift walls to obfuscate snipers' views.

It's both tragic and fascinating. Here's another intersection, only with one bus stacked atop another (click the upper-right corner to enlarge it).

Zakariya Al-Kafi/AFP Getty Images

Locals use cranes to lift the abandoned/destroyed buses into place.

Zakariya Al-Kafi/AFP Getty Images

Zakaria Al-Kafi/AFP Getty Images

The discarded buses then provide a semblance of cover for people like these men and this boy, who Getty Images (in an unverified caption) says are vegetable vendors in Aleppo.

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