Displaced Iraqis take shelter in Baghdad

Published November 24, 2014
Children play outside a makeshift school tent in Najaf. — Reuters
Children play outside a makeshift school tent in Najaf. — Reuters
Displaced Iraqi children, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, attend classes inside a makeshift school tent in Najaf, south of Baghdad. — Reuters
Displaced Iraqi children, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, attend classes inside a makeshift school tent in Najaf, south of Baghdad. — Reuters
A displaced Iraqi woman, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, sits inside a makeshift school tent. — Reuters
A displaced Iraqi woman, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, sits inside a makeshift school tent. — Reuters
A displaced Iraqi child stands outside a makeshift school tent. — Reuters
A displaced Iraqi child stands outside a makeshift school tent. — Reuters
A child sits inside a makeshift school tent. — Reuters
A child sits inside a makeshift school tent. — Reuters
Iraqi children sit inside a makeshift school tent in Najaf. — Reuters
Iraqi children sit inside a makeshift school tent in Najaf. — Reuters
An Iraqi woman, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, stands with a pot. —Reuters
An Iraqi woman, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, stands with a pot. —Reuters
A child stands inside a tent in Najaf, south of Baghdad. — Reuters
A child stands inside a tent in Najaf, south of Baghdad. — Reuters

As militants seize control of Iraq's northern city Mosul, the residents take refuge in Baghdad and settle in makeshift homes. The fall of Mosul, a largely Sunni Arab city, after years of ethnic and sectarian fighting, deals a serious blow to the government’s efforts to fight militants who have regained ground and momentum in Iraq over the past year, taking Falluja and parts of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, at the start of the year.

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