An Iraqi female demonstrator takes part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 1, 2019. More than 260 Iraqis have been killed since the start of October in the biggest mass rallies since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Protesters are demanding the overthrow of a political class regarded as corrupt and beholden to foreign interests. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters.
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A Yemeni woman, dressed in a traditional outfit, takes a selfie while attending a cultural festival in the capital Sana’a. Photo: AFP/Mohammed Huwais.
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A Yemeni woman, dressed in a traditional outfit, attends a cultural festival in the capital Sana’a. Photo: AFP/Mohammed Huwai.
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Amman, Jordan: Lola the bear, one of two surviving animals in Mosul’s zoo, along with Simba the lion, is photographed at an enclosure after arriving at an animal rehabilitation shelter in Jordan. Photo: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters.
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Mosul, Iraq: A girl is photographed in a damaged building at the Hassam Sham refugee camp which is full of refugees who have had to escape the battles between the Iraqi army and Islamic State. Photo: Magnus Wennman/IBL/Rex/Shutterstock.
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Shaqouli, Iraq: A displaced woman holds her cat while waiting for transport in a checkpoint village east of Mosul. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images.
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Erbil, Iraq: A man prepares sweet pastries in a shop. As the offensive by Iraqi and Kurdish forces to drive Isis out of Mosul continues and despite a recent Isis attack on nearby Kirkuk, life in Erbil, the de facto capital of Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, has carried on peacefully. Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images.
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