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00019128 : IRAQ Basra - Women and children passing British armoured vehicles at Basra Bridge, situated 2km from the city.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019127 : IRAQ Safwan - American soldiers destroying weapons given up by Iraqi prisoners of war.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019126 : IRAQ Basra - A British Royal Marine smoking a cigarette on his armoured vehicle during the siege of Basra. Behind him black smoke rises from oil fires set by Iraqi forces.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019125 : IRAQ Safwan - British Royal Marines guarding Iraqi prisoners of war.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019124 : IRAQ Kirkuk Kurdistan - US troops with captured weapons.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019123 : IRAQ Nr. Mosul, Kurdistan - Surgeons prepare to perform a double amputation. 20 year old shepherd Achmed Khlait had both of his legs blown off by a bounding fragmentation mine just outside the city. His brother was hit in the back by fragmentation and 13 sheep were killed. Dr Mohanned (centre) of the Saddam hospital says that he has little chance of survival: "He has lost nearly all his blood, he is in bad shock and his pulse is very weak. I really don't think he will live but we will do our best. We are getting three or four such cases every single day. We have no help here at all, little medicine and no one guards the hospital. Bad people are coming in here with guns to loot. This is a very very bad situation. Where is the help they (the British and Americans) promised?"
00019122 : IRAQ Kirkuk Kurdistan - Unexploded shells litter the ground around a destroyed tank.
00019121 : IRAQ Mosul Kurdistan - 20 year old shepherd Achmed Khlait had both of his legs blown off by a bounding fragmentation mine just outside the city. His brother was hit in the back by fragmentation and 13 sheep were killed. Dr Mohanned (centre) of the Saddam hospital says that he has little chance of survival: "He has lost nearly all his blood, he is in bad shock and his pulse is very weak. I really don't think he will live but we will do our best. We are getting three or four such cases every single day. We have no help here at all, little medicine and no one guards the hospital. Bad people are coming in here with guns to loot. This is a very very bad situation. Where is the help they (the British and Americans) promised?"
00019120 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Women walk past a pile of 155mm artillery shells close to houses in central Kifri. The shells had been left here by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) forces after taking the brass shell cases to sell as scrap. Three of the shells were found to be fused and in a dangerous state.
00019119 : IRAQ Kurdistan - A boy prising the booster charge from a mortar bomb he found near his home in Kirkuk. The children empty out the gunpowder and light it to make a bright flash. Many children have died or been injured in accidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO).
00019118 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Nine year old Arkin found a landmine near his house. Not knowing what it was, he picked it up and it exploded. The blast destroyed an arm, a hand and both eyes. Doctors doubt he will survive. Arkin's family had been living as refugees for 16 years and returned home the day before this tragic accident. Many children have died or been injured in accidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO).
00019117 : IRAQ Kurdistan - 10 year old Khadab found a cache of munitions in a school in Kirkuk. He was terribly injured after trying to burn gunpowder and explosives taken from the ordnance. 52 people have been killed and 63 injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in the last seven days in Kirkuk. The vast majority of the victims are children. A team from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) took away the ordnance in the school to be safely destroyed.
00019116 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Dara Ali Hassan, a deminer with the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), carefully places an explosive charge next to an unexploded cluster bomblet. MAG teams have destroyed hundreds of these bombs in the last few days.
00019115 : IRAQ Kirkuk Kurdistan - A young cigarette seller examines a pile of ordnance, looking for anything of value.
00019114 : IRAQ Kirkuk Kurdistan - Heavy machine gun bullet cartridges are bagged for transport to Iran. They will be sold for the value of the brass.
00019113 : IRAQ Kirkuk Kurdistan - Mines Advisory Group (MAG) staff work with school children to make them aware of the dangers posed by the mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) littering the surrounding area.
00019112 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Teams of local people being trained by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to destroy cluster bombs. It is anticipated that such munitions will be dropped by US and British forces in the upcoming war. A high percentage of cluster bombs fail to explode as planned and if not cleared pose a great threat to civilians.
00019111 : IRAQ Kurdistan - A Mines Advisory Group (MAG) deminer defuses an Italian-made VS50 anti-personnel mine in Dashty Kharman village. So far MAG teams have found and safely destroyed 2,435 mines and 329 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in and around the village. There have been 15 accidents, injuring ten and killing five people. Most of the casualties have come from four local families.
00019110 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) peshmerga on a front line position facing Ansar al-Islam forces at Anab, near Halabja. American personnel have been reportedly seen in the area preparing for expected US air attacks.
00019109 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Mines Advisory Group (MAG) technicians prepare to destroy unexploded ordnance (UXO) found in a nearby village.
00019108 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Mines Advisory Group (MAG) technicians prepare to destroy unexploded ordnance (UXO) found in a nearby village.
00019107 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Alton tending her goats in Dashty Kharman village, which is surrounded by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). Teams from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) have found and safely destroyed 2,435 mines and 329 items of UXO in and around the village. There have been 15 accidents, injuring ten and killing five people. Most of the casualties have come from four local families. Some of Alton's neighbours have left the village because of the dangers of growing crops on mined land.
00019106 : IRAQ Kurdistan - A Mines Advisory Group (MAG) technician carefully pins a bounding fragmentation mine in Zaren village. When triggered this mine jumps a metre into the air before blasting shrapnel in all directions. It has a killing range of 30 metres.
00019105 : CHINA Inner Mongolia - View of the Yellow River showing low water levels.
00019104 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Urban poverty. Old housing with communal toilet (centre behind), and rubbish being dumped in open sewer running next to housing.
00019103 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Typical grim urban landscape. Housing blocks, white tiles and pollution from coal-fired chimneys.
00019102 : CHINA Shenyang, Liaoning Province - Economic crisis. A worker laid-off from a state factory advertising his skills (heavy physical labour, knocking down walls etc) whilst waiting for a job offer on the street.
00019101 : CHINA Beidaihe, Hebei Province - Mother and daughter at a favourite beach of the new urban middle class from Beijing and Tianjin. The resort of Beidaihe has been favoured by the elite of the Communist Party from Mao onwards.
00019100 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Urban poverty. Boy next to open sewer running alongside housing in old quarter of the city.
00019099 : CHINA Huangling, Shaanxi Province - Pork butcher's stall in typical small town market.
00019098 : CHINA Huangling, Shaanxi Province - Pork butcher's stall in typical small town market.
00019097 : CHINA Qingdao, Shandong Province - Tsingtao Beer Festival. Policeman on duty surveying drinkers, above banner advertising Tsingtao beer.
00019096 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Peasant woman selling produce at early morning street market.
00019095 : CHINA Henan Province - Peasant man eating.
00019094 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Peasant at work in fields next to a giant power station.
00019093 : CHINA Huangling, Shaanxi Province - Patriotic Overseas Chinese men lighting incense at the Temple of Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor), regarded by the Communist Party as the founder of the Chinese Nation, during official ceremonies.
00019092 : CHINA Qingdao, Shandong Province - Tsingtao Beer Festival. Man using mobile phone by inflatable beer can at entry to main hall.
00019091 : CHINA Henan Province - Old peasant woman in village.
00019089 : CHINA Beidaihe, Hebei Province - A happy holidaymaker relaxes on a favourite beach of the new urban middle class from Beijing and Tianjin. The resort of Beidaihe has been favoured by the elite of the Communist Party from Mao onwards.
00019088 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - State-owned industry. Locomotive factory.
00019087 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - State-owned enterprise. Worker welding in a locomotive factory.
00019086 : CHINA Shenyang, Liaoning Province - Haze from coal-fired stoves and industrial pollution at dawn over the city, with labourers at work in sub-zero temperatures in the foreground.
00019085 : CHINA Huangling, Shaanxi Province - Incense burner at the Temple of Huangdi, the mythical Yellow Emperor and founder of the Han race. Worship is officially encouraged by the Chinese government.
00019084 : CHINA Dandong, Liaoning Province - Man passing an advertising billboard depicting an affluent Western lifestyle.
00019083 : CHINA Xian, Shaanxi Province - Muslim girls from the Hui minority on their way to a mosque school in the old quarter of the city.
00019082 : CHINA Shanxi Province - Environmental degradation. Home in a landscape devastated by coal mining.
00019081 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Halal butcher from the Muslim Hui minority killing a sheep according to Islamic law, by cutting the throat and allowing the animal to bleed to death.
00019079 : CHINA Shaolin, Henan Province - Martial arts school close to the famous Shaolin temple. Boy being flipped over by an aggressive teacher.
00019078 : CHINA Dalian, Liaoning Province - Fishermen loading up their catch of shellfish onto a truck. In the background, new luxury villas under construction, a result of the area’s Development Zone status.
00019077 : CHINA Beidaihe, Hebei Province - Fishermen bringing in their catch at dawn after night fishing in the Bohai Sea.
00019076 : CHINA Dalian, Liaoning Province - Fishermen loading up their catch of shellfish onto a truck. In the background, new luxury villas under construction, a result of the area’s Development Zone status.
00019075 : CHINA Beidaihe, Hebei Province - Fisherman walking in with catch at dawn after night fishing in the Bohai Sea.
00019074 : CHINA Dalian, Liaoning Province - Tired fisherman at the end of a day's work.
00019073 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - Factory spewing acrid smoke into the atmosphere in the industrial Northern quarter of the city.
00019072 : CHINA Shenyang, Liaoning Province - Economic collapse has devastated this former bastion of socialist state industry. An unemployed man lingering at the gate of a derelict factory.
00019070 : CHINA Liaoning Province - Business people waiting for a mini-bus to pick them up after a visit to the blighted landscape of the Dalian Development Zone.
00019068 : CHINA Shenyang, Liaoning Province - Cyclists on their way to work in an industrial zone of the city pass through smoke pouring out of a coal-burning cooking stove.
00019067 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Coal miners above ground at a decaying, state-owned coal mine.
00019066 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Miner smoking before going down to the coal face in a state-owned, decaying coal mine.
00019065 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Decaying state-owned coal mine producing extremely sulpherous, polluting coal. Surface workers taking an enforced break due to a mechanical failure with the conveyor belt. The man on the left has gathered a bag of coal to take home.
00019064 : CHINA Shanxi Province - Worker in a state-owned coal mine smoking a cigarette.
00019063 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Coal porters loading coal on to donkey cart for delivery, from back street coal depot. The region produces large quantities of sulphurous, heavily polluting coal.
00019062 : CHINA Dandong, Liaoning Province - Border with North Korea. Chinese tourists on a boat on the Yalu River with fumes from a North Korean factory in the town of Sinuiju behind.
00019061 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - Cyclists in rush hour traffic, with new high-rise buildings behind.
00019060 : CHINA Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province - Smoke pouring from a state-owned cement factory in a narrow valley surrounded by peasant housing.
00019059 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - State-owned enterprise. Worker in locomotive factory.
00019058 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - Men collecting cardboard boxes for recycling.
00019057 : CHINA Xian, Shaanxi Province - Unfortunate T-shirt slogan. English phrases, often not understood, are popular on clothing in China.
00019056 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - City worker burning rubbish at the side of the road in a grim industrial quarter of the city.
00019054 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Couple running breakfast food stall, in an old downtown hutong, with the Bell Tower behind.
00019053 : CHINA Henan Province - Boy in poor rural school. Parents are now required to contribute to the cost of their children's education, putting extra strain on peasant households.
00019052 : CHINA Qingdao, Shandong Province - Tsingtao Beer Festival. The main purpose-built beer hall full of drinkers.
00019050 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Advertising on the back of a bus using the image of a woman as an angel.
00019049 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - Man watering vegetables in a field close to a factory heavily polluting the atmosphere with acrid smoke.
00019048 : CHINA Nr. Dalian, Liaoning Province - Bride and groom after a session taking wedding photographs on the sea front with a hired Western-style dress, passing new villas under construction in the Dalian development zone, 50 kilometres from the city centre.
00019047 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Lynn Hilton, a singer at the Bar Casablanca in the Hyatt Hotel. The bar is dedicated to the legendary film starring Humphrey Bogart, which took its title from the city.
00019046 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Lavish interior hall of the Hassan II Mosque, the second largest mosque in the world. The building was completed in 1993, at the instigation of the late King Hassan II but funded by public subscriptions of over $500m.
00019045 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Bar dedicated to the legendary Marcel Cerdan (1916-1949), boxing World Champion.
00019044 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Worshippers leaving after prayers in the Hassan II Mosque, the second largest mosque in the world. The building was completed in 1993, at the instigation of the late King Hassan II but funded by public subscriptions of over $500m.
00019043 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Crowded beach on the Atlantic coast.
00019042 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Worshipper inside the Hassan II Mosque, the second largest mosque in the world. The building was completed in 1993, at the instigation of the late King Hassan II but funded by public subscriptions of over $500m.
00019041 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Children on a fairground ride at a leisure park.
00019040 : MOROCCO Casablanca - Friday prayers.
00019039 : MOROCCO Casablanca - A woman washes clothes at an outdoor tap, while her sons wash themselves.
00019038 : IRAQ Baghdad - An Iraqi woman, Karima, walks past a military building that has just been looted and burned. Rampant looting followed the collapse of law and order in the wake of the fall of Saddam Hussein. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019037 : IRAQ Najaf - A Shia pilgrim visits the grave of Shia philosopher and political leader Sadr, who was killed by the authorities in 1980 for his political activities. Until the downfall of the predominantly Sunni government of Saddam Hussein, such pilgrimages had been outlawed.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019036 : IRAQ Baghdad - Pilgrims crawl to Kerbala for the Ashura festival. Under the predominantly Sunni government of Saddam Hussein the Shia majority in Iraq were prevented from making the pilgrimage to the shrine in large numbers. The fall of his regime saw millions of Shias embark on the journey. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019035 : IRAQ Baghdad - Shia pilgrims walk past a stall selling prayer stones on their way to Kerbala for the Ashura festival. Under the predominantly Sunni government of Saddam Hussein the Shia majority in Iraq were prevented from making the pilgrimage to the shrine in large numbers. The fall of his regime saw millions of Shias embark on the journey. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019034 : IRAQ Baghdad - A member of the Friendly Iraqi Force (FIF), a group of trained Iraqi soldiers who had undergone US training in Kuwait, keeps security on the road to Kerbala during the pilgrimage for the Ashura festival. Under the predominantly Sunni government of Saddam Hussein, the Shia majority in Iraq were prevented from making the pilgrimage to the shrine in large numbers. The fall of his regime saw millions of Shias embark on the journey. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019033 : IRAQ Baghdad - Shia pilgrims travel to Kerbala for the Ashura festival which commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, the founder of this branch of Islam. Millions of pilgrims descended on Najaf and Kerbala in the traditional pilgrimage that was highly controlled under the regime of Saddam Hussein, when many Shias were forbidden from taking part. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019032 : IRAQ Baghdad - Fayad Atta, 30, who escaped a death sentence at Abu Graib prison outside Baghdad returns to the empty prison to see the hanging chamber. Atta was in the chamber, moments away from being hanged before a phone call arrived giving him a sixth and final stay of execution, thanks to his brother who was paying bribes to the managers of the prison. Atta was imprisoned for re-selling a vehicle stolen from government security. Atta was finally released in October 2002 when Saddam Hussein freed a majority of the prisoners held on criminal charges. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019031 : IRAQ Baghdad - Fayad Atta, 30, who escaped a death sentence at Abu Graib prison outside Baghdad returns to the empty prison to see the hanging chamber. Atta was in the chamber, moments away from being hanged before a phone call arrived giving him a sixth and final stay of execution, thanks to his brother who was paying bribes to the managers of the prison. Atta was imprisoned for re-selling a vehicle stolen from government security. Atta was finally released in October 2002 when Saddam Hussein freed a majority of the prisoners held on criminal charges. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019030 : IRAQ Baghdad - Missing signs posted next to the lifts in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel. The Italian journalists were located safe and well shortly afterwards, but the fate of the two ITN journalists remained uncertain, with reports that they may have been the victims of a ‘friendly fire’ incident. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019029 : IRAQ Baghdad - The media lawn outside the Palestine Hotel is used for stand-up interviews and relaxing. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019028 : IRAQ Baghdad - US Marines search journalists on entering the Palestine Hotel perimeter. Only journalists, their assistants and hotel staff are allowed inside the fortified hotel grounds. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019027 : IRAQ Baghdad - Television crews edit footage in tents next to their stand-up interview stations on the lawn of the Palestine Hotel. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019026 : IRAQ Baghdad - The roof of the Palestine Hotel, where television cameras wait for live stand-up shots using the Baghdad skyline as the backdrop. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019025 : IRAQ Baghdad - A CBS television news tent, used for editing footage, on the roof of the Palestine Hotel. A sign offers instructions to employees for daily necessities. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019024 : IRAQ Baghdad - A woman waits for treatment with her husband, whose wounds have become badly infected, on the floor of the lobby at Saddam Medical City hospital. Most of the hospital facilities in the city have been looted of essential supplies leaving the Medical City staff overworked and underequipped. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019023 : IRAQ Baghdad - Television lights outside the Palestine Hotel and the moon offer the only light in Baghdad after the US attack that knocked out the electricity grid. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019022 : IRAQ Baghdad - Television lights outside the Palestine Hotel and the moon offer the only light in Baghdad after the US attack that knocked out the electricity grid. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019021 : IRAQ Baghdad - A woman waits while her husband's stitches are being removed at Saddam Medical City hospital. Most of the hospital facilities in the city have been looted of essential supplies leaving the Medical City staff overworked and underequipped. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019020 : IRAQ Baghdad - A man whose broken arm is being set without the use of anaesthesia, which is in short supply, is treated at the Saddam Medical City hospital. Most of the hospital facilities in the city have been looted of essential supplies leaving the Medical City staff overworked and underequipped. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019019 : IRAQ Baghdad - A broken storage container dating to the Sumerian era, approximately 3000 BC, in Iraq's national museum. It was smashed by looters who stole priceless antiquities and destroyed relics and records under the watch of American troops. They were parked a block away at the time and refused to intervene to ward off the thieves.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019018 : IRAQ Baghdad - Followers of Shia leader Sayyid Ali Shawki gather for afternoon prayers. Shawki has taken law and order for the neighbourhood into his own hands. He called on looters to stop stealing, according to the teachings of Islam, and return stolen goods to the mosque for protection. The leadership of Shia clerics is filling the power vacuum left by the disappearance of Iraqi police, army and intelligence services following the arrival of US troops.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019017 : IRAQ Baghdad - An NBC television correspondent chats with an Iraqi family late at night in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel, exchanging English lessons for Arabic tutoring. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019016 : IRAQ Baghdad - An NBC television correspondent helps a colleague examine her injured foot in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel, home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019015 : IRAQ Baghdad - Villagers in Shoala, a Shia community north-west of Baghdad, take fuel from government stores that have been seized by residents and distributed in rationed portions by decree of the local Imam. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April US troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of rule by Saddam.
00019014 : IRAQ Baghdad - A US Chinook helicopter flies over Baghdad delivering supplies and troops to the centre of the city. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019013 : IRAQ Baghdad - An armed man and his sons in the wealthy neighbourhood of Qasadiya guard their street from looters. The district has about 20 armed men who patrol 24 hours a day to keep thieves at bay. Rampant looting followed the collapse of law and order in the wake of the fall of Saddam Hussein. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019012 : IRAQ Baghdad - A volunteer medical team clear the bodies of dead Iraqi fighters under the watch of US Marines. More than 40 fighters and civilians were killed during the final gun battles with American soldiers for control of the area near the Al Rasheed Hotel.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019011 : IRAQ Baghdad - A Shia woman carries her child past the wreckage of a looter's car on the second day of rampant looting in the city following the collapse of law and order in the wake of the fall of Saddam Hussein. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019010 : IRAQ Baghdad - In a symbolic act of deposition which was televised around the world, a statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdous Square was toppled by a handful of Iraqis with the help of US forces. One day on, the head of the now-famous statue lies at the side of a road, where it was dumped after being dragged behind a car of celebrating Iraqis.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019009 : IRAQ Baghdad - In a symbolic act of deposition which was televised around the world, a statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdous Square was toppled by a handful of Iraqis with the help of US forces. One day on, the head of the now-famous statue lies at the side of a road, where it was dumped after being dragged behind a car of celebrating Iraqis.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019008 : IRAQ Baghdad - In a symbolic deposement which was televised around the world, a statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdous Square is prepared to be toppled by a handful of Iraqis with the help of an M-88 US tank rescue vehicle. One of the American soldiers breaks with protocol by covering the head of the statue with the Stars and Stripes, a telling mistake which was quickly rectified by his commanders. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019007 : IRAQ Baghdad - In a symbolic act of deposition which was televised around the world, a statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdous Square is prepared to be toppled by a handful of Iraqis with the help of an M-88 US tank rescue vehicle. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019006 : IRAQ Baghdad - US Marines search a man suspected of carrying a bomb during their advance toward the heart of Baghdad.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019005 : IRAQ Baghdad - An Iraqi family pass US Marines on their advance towards central Baghdad, as they take control of the city. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019004 : IRAQ Baghdad - Iraqi family on a Baghdad street watching US marines taking control of the city. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019003 : IRAQ Baghdad - A pool of blood on the floor of the triage room at Saddam Medical City hospital, near the front lines of fighting between US forces and Iraqi resistance fighters. The hospital has more than 700 war injured, a mixture of military and civilian casualties, and is suffering water and staff shortages. Iraqi soldiers suffered catastrophic losses compared to coalition troops in the advance toward the heart of Baghdad. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019002 : IRAQ Baghdad - A boy sits next to his dying mother on the emergency room floor of Al-Kindi hospital after his brother and sister were also killed when a missile hit their house in the eastern part of Baghdad. The doctors, knowing they could do nothing to save the woman, had already moved on to patients that could be helped. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019001 : IRAQ Baghdad - A boy sits next to his dying mother on the emergency room floor of Al-Kindi hospital after his brother and sister were also killed when a missile hit their house in the eastern part of Baghdad. The doctors, knowing they could do nothing to save the woman, had already moved on to patients that could be helped. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00019000 : IRAQ Baghdad - A doctor at Al-Kindi hospital comforts a man who lost two children and his wife when a missile hit their house in the eastern part of Baghdad. American bombardments were heavy throughout the day and Iraqi civilian casualties at hospitals in the capital were at their highest point since the invasion began.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018999 : IRAQ Baghdad - Nurses at Al-Kindi hospital cry when two young children are declared dead on arrival. A missile hit their house in the eastern part of Baghdad, also killing their mother. American bombardments were heavy throughout the day and Iraqi civilian casualties at hospitals in the capital were at their highest point since the invasion began.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018998 : IRAQ Baghdad - A doctor at Al-Kindi hospital turns away from the body of a 4 year old boy pronounced dead on arrival. A missile hit the boy's house in the eastern part of Baghdad killing his 7 year old sister and mother. American bombardments were heavy throughout the day and Iraqi civilian casualties at hospitals in the capital were at their highest point since the invasion began.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018997 : IRAQ Baghdad - Spanish Telecinco cameraman Jose Couso, 37, is carried by fellow journalists to a car waiting to rush him to hospital. He was injured when an American tank fired a round at the 15th floor of the Palestine Hotel, where Reuters had its office. The hotel was home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad. Couso died shortly afterwards, as did a Ukrainian colleague.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018996 : IRAQ Baghdad - A passer-by steps on the US flag sewn on the uniform of an American soldier while it is displayed for journalists outside the Palestine Hotel. Iraqi soldiers claimed to have killed the American in combat near the airport on the outskirts of the city. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018995 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 18th day of the war. US forces swept through the south of the city and then withdrew, in their first incursion into the capital. Intense fighting left burnt out vehicles and artillery on the streets, and an American tank was abandoned after breaking down. Iraqi minders brought Western journalists to the scene, where proud soldiers posed for photographs on top of the 'captured' tank. It was later destroyed by US planes to prevent the Iraqis from studying its design and technology.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018994 : IRAQ Baghdad - Iraqi soldiers parade past the Palestine Hotel, home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad, to demonstrate their continuing hold on the city centre. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018993 : IRAQ Baghdad - Iraqi soldiers parade past the Palestine Hotel, home to most of the foreign press corps in Baghdad, to demonstrate their continuing hold on the city centre.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018992 : IRAQ Baghdad - Twins Suha and Hibbe, and Amal pretend to shoot American jets from the living room of their neighbour's flat. The children have not attended school since the beginning of the conflict and are not allowed by their mother to go outside.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018991 : IRAQ Baghdad - A Baghdad resident, Duha, watches the sky for US bombers from a neighbour's balcony.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018990 : IRAQ Baghdad - An outdoor military clothing market in central Baghdad where Arab volunteers buy uniforms before going to the front lines to help defend Iraq from the US and British-led invasion. 4000 volunteers from Syria, Egypt, Palestine and Yemen arrived to fight with Iraqi forces, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Defence. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018989 : IRAQ Baghdad - Children chase a car full of foreign journalists in the village of Mahmoudia, south of Baghdad, where on at least two occasions in the previous week US missiles had landed in civilian areas. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018988 : IRAQ Baghdad - Children peer into a house damaged by fragments of an American bomb that landed in the village of Mahmoudia, south of Baghdad, where on at least two occasions during the previous week US missiles had landed in civilian areas. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018987 : IRAQ Baghdad - The father of a 10 year old girl weeps over her body after a US bomb exploded in a crowded market in a Shia neighbourhood to the north of Baghdad killing more than 50 people. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018986 : IRAQ Baghdad - Dawn breaks over the smoke-filled skyline of Baghdad. Oil-filled trenches surrounding the city were set alight in a vain attempt by the Iraqi military to obstruct US air raids.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018985 : IRAQ Baghdad - A communications facility near Saddam Tower, extensively damaged after a US airstrike. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018984 : IRAQ Baghdad - A crater in the road just metres from a crowded row of shops and restaurants. In one of the most controversial incidents of the US and British bombing campaign, Abi Tale street in the Shaab district was hit, killing at least 17 civilians.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018983 : IRAQ Baghdad - Mangled aluminum kiosks litter the road just metres from a crowded row of shops and restaurants. In one of the most controversial incidents of the US and British bombing campaign, Abi Tale street in the Shaab district was hit, killing at least 17 civilians.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018982 : IRAQ Baghdad - A four year old boy suffering from 40 percent burns received on the first night of US-led airstrikes is treated in the Al-Kindi teaching hospital. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018981 : IRAQ Baghdad - Students at Qataiba boys' school in Saddam City respond to letters from American students at the Ascention School in Oakland, California, hours before the expiration of the US ultimatum that triggered an attack on Iraq. The letter exchange was organized by the anti-war group, Voices in the Wilderness.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018980 : IRAQ Baghdad - Students at Qataiba boys' school in Saddam City respond to letters from American students at the Ascention School in Oakland, California, hours before the expiration of the US ultimatum that triggered an attack on Iraq. The letter exchange was organized by the anti-war group, Voices in the Wilderness.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018979 : IRAQ Baghdad - Police academy cadets march in formation during a demonstration against the anticipated American and British invasion. Within a week, the second Gulf War had begun.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018978 : IRAQ Baghdad - Visitors touch the door as they leave the largest Shia mosque in the city centre during the festival of Ashura, the commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein, the founder of this branch of Islam.Much of daily life was continuing as normal, but within a week the second Gulf War had begun.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018977 : IRAQ Baghdad - Dusk prayers at the largest Shia mosque in the city centre during the festival of Ashura, the commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein, the founder of this branch of Islam.Much of daily life was continuing as normal, but within a week the second Gulf War had begun.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018976 : IRAQ Baghdad - Men in a Shia neighbourhood cook a meal that they hope will feed as many as 200 families, during the Ashura festival which commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, the founder of this branch of Islam. During Ashura families who can afford it are obliged to cook and distribute food to the poor in the name of Imam Hussein. Much of daily life was continuing as normal, but within a week the second Gulf War had begun.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018975 : IRAQ Baghdad - A woman passes beneath an image of the Grim Reaper at an amusement park. Much of daily life was continuing as normal, but within a week the second Gulf War had begun.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018974 : LEBANON Beirut - Members of the Hezbollah (Hizbollah) community in Beirut's southern suburbs on the first day of the Ashura festival commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, the founder of the Shia Islamic faith. Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Islamic movement that looks to Iran for its religious leadership, is active in social, political and economic arenas sponsoring schools, hospitals, and other social services particularly in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah's resistance fighters were instrumental in forcing the Israeli army's withdrawal from territory in southern Lebanon in May 2000.
00018973 : LEBANON Beirut - Members of the Hezbollah (Hizbollah) community in Beirut's southern suburbs on the first day of the Ashura festival commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, the founder of the Shia Islamic faith. Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Islamic movement that looks to Iran for its religious leadership, is active in social, political and economic arenas sponsoring schools, hospitals, and other social services particularly in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah's resistance fighters were instrumental in forcing the Israeli army's withdrawal from territory in southern Lebanon in May 2000.
00018972 : LEBANON Beirut - Members of the Hezbollah (Hizbollah) community in Beirut's southern suburbs on the first day of the Ashura festival commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, the founder of the Shia Islamic faith. Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Islamic movement that looks to Iran for its religious leadership, is active in social, political and economic arenas sponsoring schools, hospitals, and other social services particularly in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah's resistance fighters were instrumental in forcing the Israeli army's withdrawal from territory in southern Lebanon in May 2000.
00018971 : LEBANON - Father and son of Ismajil Hamzi (pictured in photo), a 'martyr' who died during a Hezbollah (Hizbollah) resistance operation against Israeli forces on 01/03/1994 during the period of Israeli army occupation of southern Lebanon. Hamzi's son, who was one and half when his father was killed, says he one day hopes to join the Hezbollah resistance against Israeli occupation of Lebanese land, a swath of disputed territory known as the Cheeba farms and lost to Israel in the 1967 war. The dependents of martyrs are given life-long financial and other social support by the Hezbollah martyrs' association.
00018970 : LEBANON Bent Jbail - Children's war models made for "resistance week" commemorating the Hezbollah (Hizbollah) resistance to the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon, in an art classroom of a Hezbollah-sponsored school. Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Islamic movement that looks to Iran for its religious leadership, is active in social, political and economic arenas sponsoring schools, hospitals, and other social services particularly in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah's resistance fighters were instrumental in forcing the Israeli army's withdrawal from territory in southern Lebanon in May 2000.
00018969 : LEBANON Israeli border - The UN-demarcated blue line in the south of Lebanon, the new border between Israel and Lebanon as of May 2000. Israel occupied southern Lebanon from 1982 until 2000.
00018968 : LEBANON Israeli border - Israeli jeeps on the UN-demarcated blue line in the south of Lebanon, the new border between Israel and Lebanon as of May 2000. Israel occupied southern Lebanon from 1982 until 2000.
00018967 : LEBANON Israeli border - A member of Hezbollah (Hizbollah) looks across the UN-demarcated blue line in the south of Lebanon, the new border between Israel and Lebanon as of May 2000. Israel occupied southern Lebanon from 1982 until 2000, when they withdrew after relentless resistence from Hezbollah fighters.
00018966 : IRAQ Umm Qasr - Relatives of Iraqi prisoners of war await processing outside a POW camp near Umm Qasr, from which less significant prisoners are being released. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018965 : IRAQ Umm Qasr - Colonel Peter Jones of the British Army, the military governor of Umm Qasr, negotiates with local leaders.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018964 : IRAQ Umm Qasr - Cholana Sia Hussein, a mentally ill woman, lies in bed at the Umm Qasr hospital beneath a popular Iraqi calendar representing the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
00018963 : IRAQ Umm Qasr - Muslim, a gravely ill boy, is taken by hospital workers from the poorly equipped Umm Qasr hospital to a British military hospital in a taxi. He was injured during the war.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018962 : IRAQ Umm Qasr - A British soldier mans the gate to the British military base in Umm Qasr, a port on the Persian Gulf.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018961 : IRAQ Baghdad - Lujain Abdul Reza (left), a student at the Farouk school, attends a history class on the second day of school after the end of the war. The textbooks may still contain pictures of Saddam Hussein, but the curriculum will require a dramatic rewrite following events of the previous few weeks.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018960 : IRAQ Baghdad - The dismembered head of a Saddam Hussein statue, a symbol of his fall from power.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018959 : IRAQ Baghdad - A picture of Saddam Hussein with his son Qusay, held up by Mansur al-Abbasi, who found it in a house in his neighbourhood near the ex-president's palace.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018958 : IRAQ Nr. Basra - British soldiers who participated in the recent capture of Basra queue up for a Burger King lunch at Shinana airfield.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018957 : IRAQ Nr. Basra - A Marsh Arab girl washes laundry as buffalo swim in an inlet of the Euphrates River, in a village north of Basra, to which the Marsh Arabs were forcefully resettled by Saddam Hussein. Like many who were persecuted by his regime, they are glad to see him gone.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018956 : IRAQ Nr. Basra - Karima Tweye, a Marsh Arab resident of a village north of Basra, sits in her small house with her many children and grandchildren. The Marsh Arabs were persecuted and forcefully resettled by Saddam Hussein in an effort to squash their political discontent. Like many in Iraq, they are glad to see him gone.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018955 : IRAQ Nr. Basra - Iraqis march along the road from Basra to Zubair for Ashura, the Shia Islamic commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. For years, Iraqi Shias had been forbidden from undertaking the pilgrimage by Saddam Hussein.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018954 : IRAQ Nr. Basra - A British helicopter flies overhead as Iraqis cross a bridge on the road from Basra to Zubair for Ashura, the Shia Islamic commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. For years, Iraqi Shias had been forbidden from undertaking the pilgrimage by Saddam Hussein.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018953 : IRAQ Basra - Two British soldiers guard the roof of the Teaching Hospital in Basra.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018952 : IRAQ Nr. Basra - An oil fire rages just south of Basra near a former Iraqi military position, where depleted munitions canisters remain in a pile.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018951 : IRAQ Basra - Children who are squatting at the former Ba'ath Party headquarters in Basra, which was bombed extensively during the war, hold up pictures of Ba'ath party members which they found among the documents scattered outside the building.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018950 : IRAQ Basra - A British soldier from the Desert Rats battalion patrols the grounds of Saddam Hussein's former palace in Basra, which overlooks the Chat-al-Arab river.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018949 : IRAQ Basra - A bathroom in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra, now occupied by British forces. The ex-president's taste for opulent kitsch is in evidence.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018948 : JORDAN Ruweishid - People fill up their cars at a petrol station.
00018947 : JORDAN Ruweishid - Red Crescent volunteers from around Jordan participate in the construction of a refugee camp in the desert near the Iraqi border. At the time, just days before the second Gulf War began, tens of thousands of refugees were expected to flood across the border. In the event, few people crossed into Jordan.
00018946 : JORDAN Ruweishid - Red Crescent volunteers from around Jordan participate in the construction of a refugee camp in the desert near the Iraqi border. Volunteers group in the lee of a water storage tank to escape the wind. At the time, just days before the second Gulf War began, tens of thousands of refugees were expected to flood across the border. In the event, few people crossed into Jordan.
00018945 : JORDAN Amman - A Baghdad taxi, identifiable by the map of Iraq painted on its door, prepares to take a passenger back to Iraq from the bus station in Amman. Many exiled Iraqis are desperate to return to Baghdad, despite the ongoing war.
00018944 : JORDAN Amman - An official at the Iraqi Embassy pages through a ledger of applicants for renewed Iraqi passports. Many exiled Iraqis are desperate to return to Baghdad, despite the ongoing war.
00018943 : JORDAN Amman - Iraqi passengers hold up a magazine to the window as their bus prepares to depart for Baghdad. They are heading across the border into a country in the midst of war.
00018942 : JORDAN Amman - Relatives look pensive as a bus full of Iraqi, Jordanian and Syrian passengers prepares to depart for Baghdad, Iraq. They are heading across the border into a country in the midst of war.
00018941 : JORDAN Amman - A passenger reads the Koran, as a bus full of Iraqi, Jordanian and Syrian passengers prepares to depart for Baghdad, Iraq. They are heading across the border into a country in the midst of war.
00018940 : JORDAN Amman - Hamid Anad from Nasariya, Iraq, prepares to depart for Baghdad on a bus full of Iraqi, Jordanian and Syrian passengers. They are heading across the border into a country in the midst of war.
00018939 : JORDAN Amman - Omar Dowk, 9, who is of Palestinian origin, attends a candlelight vigil with his grandmother at the Saint Mary of Nazareth Church in Amman. People had gathered to protest against the ongoing war in Iraq and remember its victims.
00018938 : JORDAN Amman - Protesters demonstrate against the ongoing war in Iraq, after Friday prayers at the Husseini mosque.
00018937 : JORDAN Amman - An Iraqi patron of the Central Coffeeshop, an establishment patronised primarily by Iraqis, watches the news on Al Jazeera television. The channel, which provides constant news of the ongoing war in Iraq, is showing footage of a downed American plane.
00018936 : JORDAN Amman - Hadi Abed Shenoon (left), speaks to a fellow Iraqi at the Central Coffeeshop, an establishment patronised primarily by Iraqis, as Al Jazeera television plays in the background. The channel provides constant news of the ongoing war in Iraq.
00018935 : JORDAN Amman - An Iraqi patron of the Central Coffeeshop, an establishment patronised primarily by Iraqis, watches the news on Al Jazeera television. The channel provides constant news of the ongoing war in Iraq.
00018934 : JORDAN Amman - Tesir Jamal (left) and Muhamad (right) drink tea outside the Iraqi restaurant al-Habayid Tinoor, which is in the 'Little Iraq' section of Amman and is patronised entirely by Iraqis. The talk was of only one thing, the ongoing war in Iraq.
00018933 : JORDAN Amman - A street scene in the 'Little Iraq' section of downtown Amman.
00018932 : JORDAN Amman - Customers purchase tea at the Iraqi restaurant al-Habayid Tinoor, which is in the 'Little Iraq' section of Amman and is patronised entirely by Iraqis. The talk was of only one thing, the ongoing war in Iraq.
00018931 : JORDAN Amman - Customers purchase tea at the Iraqi restaurant al-Habayid Tinoor, which is in the 'Little Iraq' section of Amman and is patronised entirely by Iraqis. The talk was of only one thing, the ongoing war in Iraq.
00018930 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Soldiers in Charles Taylor's army near the front line. At least 60 people were killed in one day, although some estimates put the death toll much higher, as rebels fired mortar shells in an onslaught on the city. The attack took place as the streets were crowded with people desperately searching for food and water. Angry survivors piled some of the bodies in front of the US Embassy, frustrated at America's refusal to send peace-keeping troops to intervene in the fighting. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018929 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Outside the US Embassy desperate civilians pile up the corpses of those killed in the latest mortar attack on central Monrovia. On this particular day the shells, believed to have come from Lurd rebel posions on Bushrod Island, killed at least two dozen people, most of them refugees living in Greystone Camp next to the US embassy. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018928 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A pool of blood in the street. At least 60 people were killed in one day, although some estimates put the death toll much higher, as rebels fired mortar shells in an onslaught on the city. The attack took place as the streets were crowded with people desperately searching for food and water. Angry survivors piled some of the bodies in front of the US Embassy, frustrated at America's refusal to send peace-keeping troops to intervene in the fighting. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018927 : LIBERIA Monrovia - At least 60 people were killed in one day, although some estimates put the death toll much higher, as rebels fired mortar shells in an onslaught on the city. The attack took place as the streets were crowded with people desperately searching for food and water. Angry survivors piled some of the bodies, shown here, in front of the US Embassy, frustrated at America's refusal to send peace-keeping troops to intervene in the fighting. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018926 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Liberian red cross workers collect the body of a young boy killed by a stray mortar. Downtown Monrovia is heavily populated and also home to tens of thousands of displaced people. All are vunerable to such mortar attacks. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018925 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Lasana Harding was killed by a stray mortar. Nobody knows where he was going nor where the shell was fired from, but he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and died from shrapnel injuries to the head. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018924 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Father carrying his dead child. A barrage of mortar fire, presumed to come from Lurd rebel positons, struck Mamba Point in downtown Monrovia. Dozens were killed and many more wounded. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018923 : LIBERIA Monrovia - The body of a school child, Lasana Harding. At least 60 people were killed in one day, although some estimates put the death toll much higher, as rebels fired mortar shells in an onslaught on the city. The attack took place as the streets were crowded with people desperately searching for food and water. Angry survivors piled some of the bodies in front of the US Embassy, frustrated at America's refusal to send peace-keeping troops to intervene in the fighting. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018922 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Outside the US Embassy desperate civilians pile up the corpses of those killed in the latest mortar attack on central Monrovia. On this particular day the shells, believed to have come from Lurd rebel positions on Bushrod Island, killed at least two dozen people, most of them refugees living in Greystone Camp next to the US embassy. The ongoing conflict in Liberia intensified in March 2003 when rebels opposed to the government of Charles Taylor gained territory across much of the country. In August 2003 Taylor agreed to hand over power to an interim government and went into exile, which led to the signing of a peace agreement.
00018921 : EAST TIMOR Dili - Children scavenging on the streets and in destroyed buildings looking for food.
00018920 : IRAQ Baghdad - A crater 50 metres in diameter is all that remains of the fashionable Al Sa'ah restaurant in the Al Mansour suburb. It was targeted by American bombs after a report that Saddam Hussein had been seen entering the building. At least nine people were killed, and the following day firemen continued the search for bodies beneath the rubble.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018919 : IRAQ Baghdad - A wounded Iraqi soldier is stretchered into Al Kindy hospital, still carrying his rifle, on the 19th day of the war.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018918 : IRAQ Baghdad - On Day 18 of the war, the capital city's hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of casualties. This hospital, Al Kindy, is now mainly treating wounded civilians, with military personnel being taken to the Al Yamuk hospital.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018917 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 18th day of the war. Casualties are brought to hospital following the initial American incursion into the south of the city.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018916 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 18th day of the war. US forces swept through the south of the city and then withdrew, in their first incursion into the capital. Intense fighting left burnt out vehicles and artillery on the streets, and an American tank was abandoned after breaking down. Iraqi minders brought Western journalists to the scene, where proud soldiers posed for photographs in front of the 'captured' tank. It was later destroyed by US planes to prevent the Iraqis from studying its design and technology.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018915 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 18th day of the war. US forces swept through the south of the city and then withdrew, in their first incursion into the capital. Intense fighting left burnt out vehicles and artillery on the streets, and an American tank was abandoned after breaking down. Iraqi minders brought Western journalists to the scene, where proud soldiers posed for photographs on top of the 'captured' tank. It was later destroyed by US planes to prevent the Iraqis from studying its design and technology.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018914 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 14th day of the war. Hassan, two and a half years old, is brought to hospital by his father after losing a foot in US and British bombing.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018913 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 14th day of the war. A young boy waits for treatment in hospital after being injured in US and British bombing.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018912 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 14th day of the war. Hassan, two and a half years old, is brought to hospital by his father after losing a foot in US and British bombing.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018911 : IRAQ Hillah, nr. Baghdad - The 14th day of the war. Civilians in hospital after being injured in US and British bombing.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018910 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 9th day of the war. A statue of Saddam Hussein next to the bombed Al Mansour telecommunications centre.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018909 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 7th day of the war. In one of the most controversial incidents of the US and British bombing campaign, a commercial street in the Shaab district was hit, killing at least 17 people. One of the injured is rushed to hospital. A pall of yellow, dusty smoke hung over the scene following an intense sandstorm.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018908 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 7th day of the war. In one of the most controversial incidents of the US and British bombing campaign, a commercial street in the Shaab district was hit, killing at least 17 people. A pall of yellow, dusty smoke hung over the scene following an intense sandstorm.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018907 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 7th day of the war. In one of the most controversial incidents of the US and British bombing campaign, a commercial street in the Shaab district was hit, killing at least 17 people. A pall of yellow, dusty smoke hung over the scene following an intense sandstorm.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018906 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 7th day of the war. In one of the most controversial incidents of the US and British bombing campaign, a commercial street in the Shaab district was hit, killing at least 17 people. A pall of yellow, dusty smoke hung over the scene following an intense sandstorm.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018905 : IRAQ Baghdad - The 7th day of the war. In one of the most controversial incidents of the US and British bombing campaign, a commercial street in the Shaab district was hit, killing at least 17 people. A pall of yellow, dusty smoke hung over the scene following an intense sandstorm. A boy with a head injury wanders around, suffering from shock. He was treated by Red Crescent workers.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in central Baghdad and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00018904 : IRAQ Baghdad - On the 7th night of the war, the city's Dominican Christian community celebrate the feast of Beshaq by candlelight in the shelter underneath their convent.US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops we