From photos of starving Syrians in besieged towns, to refugees navigating the extreme cold, to a boy flying a kite with a smile in a moment of hope.
Pictures documenting the everyday struggle in war-torn Syria will be available to the public through an online gallery to be launched on Tuesday.
All sides of politics will come together to acknowledge the fifth anniversary of the Syrian crisis at the gallery's launch at a breakfast at Parliament House.
Assistant multicultural affairs minister Craig Laundy, Labor's foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek and Greens leader Richard Di Natale will open the collection, which documents the realities of life in Syrian war zones and refugee camps.
Photographer Sam Tarling hopes the photos can give people a glimpse of what is happening to Syrians and, in turn, help Australians empathise.
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"Hearing that over 250,000 have been killed in a war can seem almost meaningless," he said.
"Like most people, I have no idea what 250,000 people looks like, what that represents."
The photojournalists behind the pictures work for several Australian charities, including the Red Cross, and will come together with politicians to launch the collection.
The Australian Red Cross is urging people to dig deep to help four out of five Syrians who need aid five years after the crisis began.
More than 18 million people in Syria needed humanitarian assistance, the charity said.
"Imagine if every single person in NSW, Victoria and Queensland needed aid to survive," Jess Letch from the Red Cross said.
"These are people like you and me; children, grandparents, aunts and uncles, mothers and fathers."
