• A boy cools off in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in Iraq's southern city of Basra near sunset on June 18, 2022. (Photo by Hussein Faleh / AFP)
    A boy cools off in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in Iraq's southern city of Basra near sunset on June 18, 2022. (Photo by Hussein Faleh / AFP)
  • A flock of geese swims past a boat in the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
    A flock of geese swims past a boat in the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
  • A boy stands by the waters of the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
    A boy stands by the waters of the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
  • A boy prepares to jump off the roof of a structure to cool off in the waters of the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
    A boy prepares to jump off the roof of a structure to cool off in the waters of the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
  • A man pilots a boat in the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
    A man pilots a boat in the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
  • A boy dives into the waters of the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
    A boy dives into the waters of the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
  • A boy cools off in the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
    A boy cools off in the Shatt Al Arab waterway.

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Iraqis take to the river to cool off - in pictures

The Shatt Al-Arab waterway is formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers

The National

June 19, 2022

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Updated: June 19, 2022, 12:52 PM
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