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Ali Kassem, a 17-year-old Syrian refugee, carries his surfboard on a beach in the town of Jiyeh, south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 24, 2017.
Ali Kassem had never seen the sea before he fled his home in Syria for Lebanon, but now he's a regular in the waves and dreams of his own surf school. / AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)