A man living in bomb-ravaged western Syria made up a laughing game to distract his baby daughter from the noise of shells landing.
In a video posted on social media, Adbullah Al-Mohammad and his three-year-old daughter Salwa can be heard laughing at the sound of bombs.
Mr Mohammad, who moved with his family from Idlib to Sarmada district, told his daughter the shelling noise is part of a game.
In the emotional clip, the father asks: "Is this a jet or a bomb?"
The child says: "A bomb. We're going to laugh when it comes."
When she hears the explosion, she bursts out laughing.
The 32-year-old father then adds: "Does it make you laugh?"
"Yes, it is funny," little Salwa replies.
The family is living at a friend's house in Sarmada after they were forced to flee their own home because of the Syrian civil war.
Mr Al-Mohammad said he chose to turn the terrifying noises into a game in order to protect her daughter from the "psychological crisis" that many children endure after experiencing war.
"She is a child who does not understand war," Mr Al-Mohammad told Sky News.
"I decided to teach Salwa this game to prevent her psychological state from collapsing. So as to not be affected by diseases relating to fear."
Salwa said: "The planes were striking all around us and we were watching."
When asked what happened next, she told reporters: "Then, nothing happened. We saw it hitting. It was strong, strong, strong. I started laughing and crying."
The father of one said he and his wife wanted to turn the frightening sounds into "a source of happiness" for the child.
He told the Turkish Independent: “I taught [her] that it wasn't scary and she should laugh. She thinks the sounds of bombs are toy weapons.”
The video, posted on social media, attracted many reactions, including people offering hospitality to the family.
"He succeeded in making his daughter laugh while they were hearing the bombs. He protected her from feeling afraid. That's so emotional," one person commented.
"No child should have to worry about anything," another one wrote.
Some people compared the scenes to those of La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful), an Italian tragicomedy film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni.
The movie features a Jewish father and his family surrounded by Nazi death camps.
Despite the hostile environment they live in, the father uses humour to protect his young son from the realities of war.
Nearly 875,000, mostly women and children, have fled a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive against the rebel-held northwest since early December, including over 40,000 in the last four days alone, the United Nations has said.
