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Iraq war logs: one hellish day of conflict

A Day in Iraq: Iraqi women mourn over the coffin of their relative in Najaf
Iraqi women mourn over the coffin of their relative during his funeral in the holy city of Najaf where more than 60 Iraqis were killed in an outburst of sectarian violence Photograph: Qassem Zein/AFP
A Day in Iraq: Two elderly Iraqi women walk in the Al Wathiq square hit by a mortar attack
Two Iraqi Christian women walk through al-Wathiq square in Baghdad after a mortar attack Photograph: Sabah Arar/AFP
A Day in Iraq: An Iraqi elderly walks past a shrapnel riddled car at the Al Wathiq square
A car riddled with shrapnel at the al-Wathiq square in Baghdad after a mortar attack Photograph: Sabah Arar/AFP
A Day in Iraq: Blindfolded terrorist suspects are brought to Iraqi army base in Baqouba
Blindfolded terrorist suspects are brought to the Iraqi army base in Baquba Photograph: AP
A Day in Iraq: An Iraqi army soldier guards blindfolded
An Iraqi army soldier guards blindfolded suspects held at a military base in Baquba Photograph: AFP
A Day in Iraq: Iraqis gather around the site where two car bombs killed 20 people
Iraqis gather around the site where two overnight car bombs killed 20 people and wounded 17 in a mainly Shia district of north-east Baghdad Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP
A Day in Iraq: Iraqis carry a body out of the morgue of a hospital in Baghdad
Iraqis carry a body out of a morgue in Baghdad after two car bombs killed 20 people and wounded 17 Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP
A Day in Iraq: Iraqis carry the body of a relative at the morgue of al-Yarmouk hospital
Iraqis collect the body of their relative in front of the morgue of al-Yarmouk hospital, Baghdad Photograph: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty
A Day in Iraq: Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gestures during his trial in Baghdad
Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein addresses the court during his trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone Photograph: David Furst/AFP
A Day in Iraq: Iraqi women weep at the scene of destruction at a popular market
Iraqi women weep as they look at a destroyed popular market in a mainly Shia district of north-east Baghdad Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP
A Day in Iraq: An Iraqi cries outside a hospital in the restive city of Baquba
A man cries outside a hospital in the restive city of Baquba as sectarian bloodletting rages across the country Photograph: Ali Yussef/AFP
A Day in Iraq: A wounded Iraqi elderly is rushed into a hospital in Baquba
A wounded man is brought into hospital in Baquba Photograph: Ali Yussef/AFP
A Day in Iraq: A man walks past the scene of a mortar attack in Baghdad
A man walks past the scene of a mortar attack in Baghdad in which two residents were killed and three policemen were wounded Photograph: Namir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters
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