Award-winning Guardian photographer Sean Smith in Baghdad

Baghdad, Iraq, 15 March 2003: A woman protests with a gun against the threat of war Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 14 March 2003: A huge demonstration against the threat of war is held in Iraq's capital, with other demonstrations taking place around the country Photograph: Sean Smith

Alusefea, Baghdad, 27 March 2003: A house is damaged in the bombing of a small estate in the Alusefea area, just outside the suburbs of Baghdad. The man is a security guard for the estate. Most residents fled and ten people reportedly died in the attack, including a woman who lived here Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 31 March 2003: Smoke billows as one of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's palaces is hit Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 6 April 2003: Iraqi soldiers with a burnt out American tank on the outskirts of the city Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 6 April 2003: Iraqi soldiers with a burnt out American tank Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 6 April 2003: Iraqi soldiers during the first few weeks of the war Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 11 April 2003: A team of burial volunteers at Yamouk hospital. The hospital was forced to close and the patients were removed from the building. A small team stayed behind to bury the dead and try to prevent the hospital from being looted. This boy arrived injured from the fighting near the hospital Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 9 April 2003: US marines arrive to help Iraqi civilians pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 17 April 2004: Shias beating themselves in the Kadhimiya mosque, something that was banned under Hussein's regime Photograph: Sean Smith

Youssifiyah, Baghdad, 6 May 2008: American soldiers from Charlie company second brigade combat team 10 Mountain division, during a sweep near Youssifiyah in the so-called 'triangle of death' Photograph: Sean Smith

Amiriyah, Baghdad, 18 May 2008: American soldiers attached to the Stryker units visit an Iraqi army base in Amiriyah, a Sunni neighbourhood in west Baghdad allegedly controlled by al-Qaida Photograph: Sean Smith

Amiriyah, Baghdad, 19 May 2007: An American soldier attached to the second Stryker cavalry regiment gives cover as others try to put out a fire in an overturned Bradley fighting vehicle in Amiriyah. The vehicle was hit by an IED, improvised explosive device, killing six American soldiers and a translator Photograph: Sean Smith

Amiriyah, Baghdad, 26 May 2007: An American soldier attached to Stryker units smokes a cigar as he searches a deserted house in the Sunni neighbourhood of Amiriyah in west Baghdad allegedly controlled by al-Qaida Photograph: Sean Smith

Maushadi, Baghdad, 3 May 2008: A soldier from the US army's second brigade Strykers unit sleeps in disused chicken sheds near Tarmiya, north of Baghdad Photograph: Sean Smith

Maushadi, Baghdad, 4 May 2008: Soldiers of the second brigade Strykers stay with Iraqi army soldiers in the disused chicken sheds, nicknamed the 'Chicken Coop' Photograph: Sean Smith

Shulla, Baghdad, 25 May 2008: American troops from the 101st airborne division and Iraqi soldiers plan a night raid on two houses. Cars are restricted from entering or leaving the area Photograph: Sean Smith

Shulla, Baghdad, 29 May 2008: American troops from the 101st airborne division question a man as they search a house in a Shia neighbourhood, a stronghold of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army Photograph: Sean Smith

Baghdad, Iraq, 31 May 2007: American soldiers attached to the Stryker units search a targeted building in Amiriyah in west Baghdad allegedly controlled by al-Qaida. A man had been killed a couple of days before in similar circumstances Photograph: Sean Smith