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Politicians Press for Kirkuk Solution

As well as the rights of Kurds returning to the “Arabised” city, the issue of Kirkuk’s future looms large for Iraqi politician.

Sex Trade Blights the North

Prostitutes and their customers are flocking to Sulaimaniyah from across Iraq.

Bad Food Flooding In

Expired products are making people sick and some are blaming the Americans.

Family Breakdowns Soar

Divorce courts are registering record numbers of cases, amid concerns that women are losing out.

Shias Make Case for Federalism

As constitutional talks continue, some in southern Iraq are pressing hard for autonomy.

Kurds Soft-Pedal on Oil Share

Winning a fair share of oil revenues is important to the Kurds, but not so crucial that they will risk derailing the bigger goal of federal status.

Sunnis Rejoin Constitutional Process

Lawmakers are back on board despite intimidation – and many Sunnis seem to be following in their footsteps.

Rape Victims Suffer in Silence

The threat of honour killings means most sex crimes go unreported in Iraq.

Police in Kidnap Crackdown

Child freed after arrest of two alleged members of a kidnapping cell.

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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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