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Left Behind in Iran

Hundreds of thousands who fled life in Baathist Iraq have little to go back to, even if life in Iran is tough.

Chaos Hits Formerly Quiet City

Fear reigns in Hilla – a city that used to be an island of calm in the Shia south - after a round of fighting, looting and mass jailbreaks.

Shia Militia Defiant Despite Climbdown

Thousand-strong demo in Najaf is followed by Shia cleric’s decision to pull his men out.

Plundering the Past

Freedom brings surge in looting of antiquities from Ur and other Mesopotamian sites.

Death Stalks the Road to Latifiya

A town south of Baghdad has recently become home to a particularly intolerant version of Sunni radicalism.

Patchwork of Insurgent Groups Runs Fallujah

Various groups, from foreign fundamentalists to former Saddam loyalists, differ on points of Islamic law but unite to fight Coalition forces.

The Turbulent Priest

Young Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has popular support despite being excluded from the political process.

Sulaymaniyans Flying High

Iraqi Kurds' isolation will be at an end with the reconstruction of long-derelict airport.

Ruling Council Seeks Best of Both Worlds

The Shia woman tipped as favourite to join Governing Council fits the bill because she combines a local power base with an international profile.

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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