Life Returns to Iraq's Streets

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Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for TIME

Shopping Day
Greater security in Iraq has contributed to greater opportunities for commerce. A market in Kirkuk attracts people from all of the city's communities — Kurdish, Turkmen and Arab — who shop under the watchful eye of heavily armed policemen.

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