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Photos from Sudan show how daily life continues as the war between the country’s army and paramilitary forces enters its fourth year.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A minibus drives past an empty checkpoint where a mannequin dressed as a soldier stands in downtown Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A minibus drives past an empty checkpoint where a mannequin dressed as a soldier stands in downtown Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Rashiqa Alqadi holds her grandchild, Anfal Aljozoor, 11, who has a disability and suffers from epilepsy, at the family home in Qoz Nafisa village, Khartoum state, Sudan, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Rashiqa Alqadi holds her grandchild, Anfal Aljozoor, 11, who has a disability and suffers from epilepsy, at the family home in Qoz Nafisa village, Khartoum state, Sudan, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A car covered with cloths to protect it from the elements sits in a public park in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A car covered with cloths to protect it from the elements sits in a public park in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Muslims perform zikr, a Sufi devotional practice, inside the war-damaged Sheikh GaribAllah Mosque in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Muslims perform zikr, a Sufi devotional practice, inside the war-damaged Sheikh GaribAllah Mosque in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Children play soccer in a public park next to an improvised graveyard from the war in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Children play soccer in a public park next to an improvised graveyard from the war in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
The wreckage of an armored pickup truck is pictured in the lobby of a hotel destroyed during the war in downtown Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
The wreckage of an armored pickup truck is pictured in the lobby of a hotel destroyed during the war in downtown Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Abubakr Alsawi, right, waits during the exhumation of his brother Mohammed Alsawi, 73, who was killed in 2023 by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Abubakr Alsawi, right, waits during the exhumation of his brother Mohammed Alsawi, 73, who was killed in 2023 by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Forensic Medicine Corporation staffers exhume the body of Mohammed Alsawi, 73, who was killed in 2023 by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Forensic Medicine Corporation staffers exhume the body of Mohammed Alsawi, 73, who was killed in 2023 by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Graves that have overflowed onto the sidewalk of a street in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Graves that have overflowed onto the sidewalk of a street in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A man walks on the rooftop of the Sheikh GaribAllah Mosque damaged during the war in Omdurman, Sudan, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A man walks on the rooftop of the Sheikh GaribAllah Mosque damaged during the war in Omdurman, Sudan, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A painting depicting people holding the Sudanese flag is seen on a wall damaged by bullets and shrapnel in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A painting depicting people holding the Sudanese flag is seen on a wall damaged by bullets and shrapnel in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)