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The children of Falluja

Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
A sick Iraqi child at Falluja general hospital. Doctors report a recent spike in numbers of children with early life cancers Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
The father of Zahra Muhammad, four, points out the child's six-fingered hand. Doctors in Iraq’s third-largest city are dealing with up to a 15-fold rise in chronic deformities in infants Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
Mariam Yasir, six, and her mother at the Iraqi Handicapped Organisation in Falluja, west of Baghdad.. Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
A sick Iraqi child at Falluja General Hospital Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
An Iraqi policeman at a house damaged in the US battle for Falluja in 2004 Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
Inas Hamed, 12, at her house in Falluja Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
Dr Aiman Qeis treats a sick child at Falluja General Hospital. Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
Six-year-old Mariam Yasir cries as her mother carries her home. Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
The deformed feet of four-year-old Zahra Muhammad Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
Fallujah: Children of Fallujah
Hussein Matrud, the head of the Iraqi handicapped organisation, with sick children at his Falluja office Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images
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