In pictures: Life by the sea in Yemen's Hodeidah

A fisherman gestures to other worker at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen on 28 July.

Fishing activities here have dropped dramatically since 2015, when an armed conflict broke out between the Houthis and a Saudi-backed coalition. 

The fighting has taken place just a few kilometres from the Red Sea port, which is under Houthi control, posing a serious threat to an industry that the World Bank says had employed some 10,000 people before the war. (MEE/Alessio Romenzi)

A mother feeds her child with a syringe in Hodeidah hospital on 27 July.

There's a shortage of available medicine in Yemen, due to the restrictions on imports through Hodeidah's port, as well as an almost complete halt to commercial shipments and medicines through the airport in the capital Sanaa.

The war has devastated Yemen's already fragile health system, with less than half of the country's medical facilities fully operational. Prices of essential medicines have also more than doubled, making them unaffordable for most of the population. (MEE/Alessio Romenzi)

Wounded on her left side by shrapnel, Nuseiba lies down on a bed in Hodeidah hospital as her unharmed younger brother stands nearby on 28 July.

At night, a mortar allegedly fired by Saudi-led coalition fighters hit the bedroom where Nuseiba was sleeping along with her parents and siblings, injuring her and most of her family.

Due to the partial misfiring of the mortar shell, no deaths were reported in this attack. (MEE/Alessio Romenzi)

People walk through a blockade made of shipping containers in Hodeidah to counter potential attacks from the Saudi-led coalition.

Local artists have covered the containers with graffiti opposing Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States.

The US is one of the Western countries singled out by the United Nations in September for its support of the Saudi-led coalition accused of starving Yemen's civilians as a war tactic.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the main parties in the coalition, are two of the biggest buyers of US, British and French weapons. (MEE/Alessio Romenzi)

A Houthi fighter walks by a giant graffiti reading 'USA Kills Yemeni People' in Hodeidah, on 27 July.

Since the beginning of the conflict, local artists taken their frustration out on the walls, painting satirical slogans and images across Hodeidah to express their opposition against Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US. (MEE/Alessio Romenzi)

Workers walk away from damaged cranes in Hodeidah port on 27 July.

An air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on the port had left a number of cranes completely unusable, local sources say. (MEE/Alessio Romenzi)

A flock of pigeons fly around cranes damaged by a Saudi-led air strike in Hodeidah port.

The fighting has been at a stalemate for years, despite the coalition carrying out thousands of air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas.

The conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives and sparked what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. (MEE/Alessio Romenzi)