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A boy waits for the distribution of clothes to orphaned children in preparation for the festival Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad's Sadr City. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
REUTERS/Kareem Raheem
A boy waits for the distribution of clothes to orphaned children in preparation for the festival Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad's Sadr City. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
REUTERS/Kareem Raheem
