The document provides a summary of news from Iraq between March 2013 and December 2012. It discusses events like protests against the Iraqi government, the anniversary of a chemical attack by Saddam Hussein, the release of prisoners, and everyday life in Iraq through photos of people shopping, exercising, and going about their daily routines. The document covers a range of political, social, and cultural topics from across Iraq over this time period.

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A supporter of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr takes part in a
rally, which the participants said was against sectarianism
and injustice, in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of
Baghdad, March 16, 2013.
REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili
An Iraqi librarian looks at one of the thousands of books available at the
central library in Basra, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Baghdad,
March 18, 2013. Ten years ago this week, British forces entered Iraq's
second city, Basra, as part of the U.S.-led invasion of the country. Known
locally as a cultural hero, librarian Alia Baqer moved to rescue the
contents of Basra's central library before everything was lost. "At the
beginning of the war on Iraq, the governor (of Basra) took the library
over as a headquarters for himself and his guards, mounting machine
guns on top of the building. So, we asked the governor if we could take
the important books to our homes, but he rejected the idea. Eventually
we took the responsibility ourselves to transfer the books, without the
governor's approval," Baqer said. Baqer moved about 30,000 books out
of the city's central library to a neighbouring restaurant and later to her
March
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of the U.S.-invasion of Iraq began.
REUTERS/Atef Hassan

3. A memorial for victims of the 1988 chemical attack is
pictured at the cemetery for the victims in the Kurdish
town of Halabja, near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles)
northeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
An Iraqi Kurd resident visits the cemetery for victims of the 1988
chemical attack in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaimaniya,
260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013. Iraqi
Kurds marked the 25th anniversary of the chemical attack on the
northern Iraqi city of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces. Up to
5,000 people may have been killed by chemical gas, villages were
razed and thousands of Kurds were forced into camps during the
1988 Anfal genocidal campaign against Iraqi Kurds.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
March 22,
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4. A man paddles his boat at the Chebayesh marsh in
Nassiriya, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad
February 15, 2013.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
A freed detainee greets his mother outside al-Rusafa prison in
Baghdad, February 28, 2013. Iraq's government released
more than 160 prisoners held under anti-terrorism laws as a
goodwill gesture to try to appease Sunni Muslim
demonstrators who are staging protests against Shi'ite Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
REUTERS/Saad Shalash
March 22,
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5. A man collects Terfeziaceae, or desert truffles, in a desert
south of Samawa, 270 km (168 miles) south of Baghdad
February 10, 2013. Truffles are expensive at $45 per
kilogram, and are considered a delicacy in Iraq. Men search
for truffles, which can be found between the months of
February and March, by themselves in the remote areas of
the desert.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
Iraqis shop for gifts for Valentine's Day in Baghdad
February 14, 2013.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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6. A man is reflected in a mirror (R) as he shaves at a public
"Hamaam" (bath house) in Baghdad January 20, 2013.
REUTERS/Saad Shalash
Iraqi fans watch the soccer match between Iraq and
Indonesia during the first round of Group C in the Asian
Cup 2015 in Australia, at a coffee shop in Baghdad
February 6, 2013.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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7. Iraqi Sunni Muslims wave the old Iraqi national flag during an
anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west
of Baghdad, December 28, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters
from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority poured onto the streets after
prayers in a show of force against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-
Maliki, keeping up a week-old blockade of a highway. Around
60,000 people blocked the main road through the city of Falluja,
setting fire to the Iranian flag and shouting "out, out Iran!
Baghdad stays free" and "Maliki you coward, don't take your
advice from Iran". Many Sunnis, whose community dominated
Iraq until the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, accuse Maliki of
refusing to share power and of favoring Shi'ite, non-Arab
neighbor Iran.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Iraqi police search Shi'ite pilgrims at the
entrance to the Imam Hussein shrine during the
Shi'ite religious ceremony of Arbain in Kerbala,
about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad,
January 2, 2013.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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8. A man stands amid debris after a bomb attack in the
Shuala district of Baghdad November 28, 2012. Three car
bombings killed 23 Shi'ite Muslims during mourning
processions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad , police and
hospital sources said.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
A woman works out on a treadmill at a gym in Baghdad
December 2, 2012. Inssam, the owner of the gym, said she
had noticed an increase in the number of women working
out at the gym recently, a trend which she attributed to the
influx of Western television programmes into the country
after 2003.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
March 22,
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9. An Iraqi instructor teaches a widow how to use a
blood pressure device at widows training and
development center in Baghdad, November 12,
2012. Widows work on sewing machine at a widows
training and development center in Baghdad,
November 13, 2012.
REUTERS/Saad Shalash
Widows learn how to use computers at a widows training and
development center in Baghdad, November 13, 2012.
Baghdad's Widows Training and Development Centre offers
training to improve employment prospects for widows and
help enable them to set up their own businesses to support
their families. Established in 2006 and funded by a number of
international charities, the centre has initiated a number of
training and awareness workshops to support widows and
orphans financially, socially and psychologically.
REUTERS/Saad Shalash
March
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22, 2013

10. Shi'ite Iraqi men covered in blood take part in the Ashura
procession in Baghdad's Sadr City, November 24, 2012.
Shi'ite Muslims beat themselves during Ashura with steel-
tipped flails or slash their bodies with knives to mark the
death anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the
Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the 7th century
battle of Kerbala.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Pilgrims burn a tent during the religious festival of Ashura in
Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, November 25,
2012. The festival, commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims, marks the
martyrdom of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein.
REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammad
March 22,
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11. A fisherman pulls his net out of the water during sunset at
the village of Habaniya, 85 km (52 miles) west of
Baghdad, October 26, 2012.
REUTERS/Saad Shalash
A vendor shows how to use wireless Internet to a customer at an
Internet shop in Baghdad November 10, 2012. Iraqi
telecommunications operators have warned that government
plans to charge for the extra spectrum which they need to
launch long-awaited 3G services could slow Internet adoption
and economic growth.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
March 22,
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12. A man works at his shop selling traditional handmade
copperware in a market in Basra, 420 km (260 miles)
southeast of Baghdad, October 15, 2012.
REUTERS/Atef Hassan
Iraqi bikers perform during a biker show on Abu Nawas
Street in Baghdad October 19, 2012. Youthful rebellion
and American biker style clash with conservative mores
in Iraq, a country where just a few years ago militias
imposed their own radical Islamic views at gunpoint.
REUTERS/Saad Shalash
March 22,
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13. People visit the Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque as
they celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Samarra, 100 km (62
miles) north of Baghdad, August 20, 2012. Muslims
around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr to mark the end
of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
REUTERS/Bakr al-Azzawi
A worker adjusts a pipe at the Nassiriya oilfield in
Nassiriya, 300km (185 miles) southeast of
Baghdad,September 8, 2012. Production from Iraq's
southern oilfields is at 2.5 million barrels per day as
the country edges closer to becoming the world's
biggest source of new supplies over the next few
years, a senior Iraqi oil official said.
REUTERS/Atef Hassan
March 22,
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14. Customers shop for clothes at a clothing store in
Baghdad's Karrada district August 14, 2012.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
Residents drive motorised floats in a pool as
they celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad, August
19, 2012.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
March
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22, 2013

15. Residents take a stroll in Abu Nawas park in
Baghdad June 8, 2012.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
Kurdish Peshmerga troops are deployed in the area near the
northern Iraqi border with Syria, which lies in an area
disputed by Baghdad and the Kurdish region of Ninawa
province, August 6, 2012. Beneath the green, white and red
Kurdistan flag, Kurdish Peshmerga troops keep watch from
hastily built earthen barricades on soldiers of the Iraqi
national army dug in less than a kilometer away along a
desolate stretch of road.
REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
March 22,
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16. Visitors gather in front of a replica of the Ishtar
Gate of Ancient Babylon near Hilla, 100 km (62
miles) south of Baghdad April 5, 2012.
REUTERS/Saad Shalash
Shi'ite pilgrims pray at the Shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim
in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district, June 15, 2012. Thousands of
people visited the shrine of Kadhim, one of Shi'ite Islam's 12
imams, in the Iraqi capital.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
March 22,
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17. A boy transfers mattresses on a cart in Mosul,
390km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, March 12,
2012.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
Men smoke water pipes at the Shabandar Cafe in
Baghdad May 12, 2012.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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18. Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the
AL-Mashtal district in Baghdad March 19, 2013.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the AL-
Mashtal district in Baghdad March 19, 2013.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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19. Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the
AL-Mashtal district in Baghdad March 19, 2013.
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
A policeman stands guard at the site of car bomb attack
in the Shuala district in Baghdad March 19, 2013.
REUTERS/Ahmed Malik
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