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Baghdad Paper Sellers Risk Wrath of Militants

There are plenty of newspapers on offer but selling - or reading - the wrong one in the wrong neighbourhood could prove deadly.

Carpet Makers Cut Corners

The high price of dye and wool has driven down the quality of Afghan rugs – and demand is falling as a result.

Iraq: Cash and Sympathy for Lebanon

Lebanese crisis elicits Iraqi admiration for Hezbollah’s defiance as well as pity for civilian casualties.

Bombs and Bugs Hit Once Lucrative Industry

A deadly combination of war, disease and negligence has killed 20 million Iraqi palm trees, severely damaging date production.

Lebanese Conflict Reverberates in Afghanistan

Perceived American indifference to Lebanese Muslims’ suffering seen as damaging to the United States’ allies in Afghanistan, and a gift to its enemies.

Sulaimaniyah Beauticians in Demand

With no Islamic militants to threaten them, beauty salons in the Kurdish north are attracting droves of customers.

Hopes Fade for Iraqi Peace Plan

Prime Minister Maliki's national unity project is struggling as the killings continue relentlessly.

School Dropout Woes

School drop-out rates and levels of illiteracy are increasing.

Media Influence Grows

New media outlets have sprung up in recent years, and women have won a significant role for themselves.

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The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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