Sandstorm hits Iraq's northern city of Mosul – in pictures
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A sandstorm clouds the main road in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. All photos: AFP -
A view of the old town on the banks of the Tigris river in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. -
A tuk-tuk driver makes his way through the haze in a sandstorm in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. -
Street vendors defy the sandstorm to ply their trade at a roadside stall in Arbil, in northern Iraq. -
Sand and dust colour the skies over Arbil. -
In Arbil a cyclist uses his hand during the sandstorm when a facemask would have been a better option. -
Downtown Arbil cloaked in a sandstorm haze.
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