Iraq's Fragile Progress

Locals relax at a new Lebanese restaurant on the Tigris, across from the once deadly Dora neighborhood.
Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR for TIME

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Locals relax at a new Lebanese restaurant on the Tigris, across from the once deadly Dora neighborhood.

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