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Safety in Sadr City

Baghdad’s restive Shia suburb has become an unexpected haven for Kurds.

Downbeat Feel to Ramadan

While violence muted this year’s celebrations in Iraq, the Eid al-Fitr festival managed to unite Shia and Sunni communities for the first time in decades.

Basra Sees Menace from the East

Many people in southern city believe Iran is carrying out assassinations as part of a strategy to extend influence.

Questions Surround Elections

Iraqi politicians try to figure out whether they will win or lose from new political road-map.

Hard Times for Students

Destruction of student residences puts women's education on hold.

Baghdadis Resent Park Encampments

Capital's residents say coalition occupation of their parks means they can't escape stress of everyday life.

Women Join Shia Revival

The collapse of the Ba'athist regime has given Shia women a chance to learn about their once-suppressed faith.

Petrol Shortages Return to Baghdad

Angry motorists reach for their guns as frustration over long petrol queues leads to violence.

Gun Traders Do Brisk Business

Arms trade has gone underground, but anything from a handgun to a small missile is freely available.

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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