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Horrors of War Relived

Soldiers recount their experiences in the last days of the Saddam regime.

Searching for the Fallen

Relatives search high and low even for scraps of information about loved ones lost in the war.

Bayarans Enjoy New Lease of Life

Kurdish villagers savour new-found freedoms following departure of the radical Ansar al-Islam group.

Cult of Saddam Lives On

Teachers finding it hard to tackle years of Baathist indoctrination.

Violence Continues to Plague Baghdad

Residents admit security has improved but they still do not feel safe.

Fallujah Defies Coalition

Murder and mutilation of four American civilians exposes lack of Coalition control over town.

Sadrists Flex Their Muscles

Tensions between US troops and followers of radical Shia preacher Muqtada al-Sadr threatening to spiral out of control.

Business Booms for Arms Traders

Villagers do roaring trade in sale of weapons to country's growing bands of insurgents.

When Sadrists Confronted Saddam

Muqtada Al-Sadr's uprising recalls revolt triggered by the assassination of his father five years ago.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

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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