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Iraq Gets Plastic Cash

The first-ever credit card is launched under a plan to modernise banking.

Baghdad Children Sick With Cholera

City officials blame insurgent attacks on infrastructure for an outbreak of the disease in southwest Baghdad.

Keeping Sulaimaniyah Safe

Eagle-eyed residents get on the phone the moment they spot anything they think might be insurgent activity.

Oil Route Under Constant Threat

The 1,500 strong team guarding Iraq’s oil northern pipeline say lack of manpower, equipment and training puts their lives in danger.

Kirkuk Disputes Centre on Oil

The Kurds are accused of trying to wrest control of the city’s political affairs so as to win leverage over its oil.

Shia Militia Takes on the Insurgents

Supporters of the Badr militia say it's a much-needed security force, but Sunnis allege it is part of the problem.

Child Abuse Alarm

Violence around the country is spilling over into the home – but there’s concern that child abuse cases are being neglected.

Iraq's Rock-Steady Currency

Central bank builds confidence in the dinar by intervening to maintain the exchange rate.

Tribes Accused of Oil Protection Racket

Oil company says tribes it contracted to guard pipelines are destroying them up to drum up more business.

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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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