Inside a brick factory in Najaf - in pictures

Labourers young and old form the building blocks at this factory

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  Iraqi labourers stack bricks at a factory in the central city of Najaf. AFP

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  Iraqi labourers stack bricks inside a kiln at a factory in Najaf. AFP

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  Iraqi labourers work at a brick factory in the central shrine city of Najaf. AFP

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  Iraqi labourers unload bricks inside a kiln in Najaf. AFP

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  Labourers move bricks at a factory in Najaf, central Iraq. AFP

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  Iraqi labourers stack bricks inside a kiln at a factory in Najaf. AFP

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