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Iraq, Najaf, 2003.

© Matt Moyer

A picture shows a general view of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on April 10, 2009.

© PATRICK BAZ       

Iraqi Shiites celebrate the Al-Ghadir Day outside the shrine of Imam Ali in the holy city of Najaf. 2009. 

© QASSEM ZEIN 

Iraqi men, Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens while away their morning at a local coffee house in northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk. 2009.

© MARWAN IBRAHIM

A British soldier enjoys a cup of local sweet tea at a stand along the Shatt al-Arab coast line close to the southern city of Basra. 2009.

© ESSAM AL-SUDANI

Wooden boats that carry passengers during a sand storm along the Shatt al-Arab in the southern city of Basra. 2012.

© Ahmad Al rubaye

Iraqis shop for second-hand clothes at a market in the holy city of Najaf. 2015.

© Haidar Hamdani

A Shiite Muslim pilgrim carries her breakfast as she picnics in front of the shrine of Imam Ali. Najaf, Iraq, 2002.

© KARIM SAHIB

The holy shrine of Imam Hussain. Karbala, Iraq, 2003.

© Marco Di Lauro

Shrine of Imam Hussein in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, 1999.

© PATRICK BAZ

Men pose for the photographer outside the Imam Ali mosque in the holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf, Iraq, 2002.

© Karim SAHIB

Daily life during Gulf crisis In Baghdad, Iraq, 1991.

© Laurent

An Iraqi man walks past rows of trees forming part of the green belt close to the central city of Karbala, Iraq, 2012.

© MOHAMMED SAWAF

People mill about al-Rasheed street near the entrance to the Mutanabi street book market. Baghdad, Iraq, 2009.

© Chris Hondros

Shrine of Imam Ali. Najaf, Iraq, 2013.

© ALI AL-SAADI

Shrine of Imam Ali. Najaf, Iraq, 2013.

© ALI AL-SAADI

Shrine of Imam Ali. Najaf, Iraq, 2013.

© ALI AL-SAADI