Residents of southern Lebanon and northern Israel began to return to their homes Wednesday as a U.S.-backed ceasefire between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah took effect. From early Wednesday morning the skies were quiet for the first time in more than a year.

Thousands of families displaced by the conflict are travelling home hours after an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect.

Four maps and charts explain the ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel and the impact the conflict has had in Lebanon