Massive sandstorm hits Southern Iraq - in pictures
A wheelchair-bound pedestrian is helped across a road in low visibility as a dust storm blows across in Basra, southern Iraq. All photos: AFP
A paramedic helps a patient to use an oxygen respirator as a dust storm blows in Najaf, central Iraq
A man walks along the median of a road past moving vehicles in low visibility conditions in Basra
A tricycle cart driver and a passenger wait in traffic in low visibility as dust storm blows in Basra. About 1,500 people were sent to hospitals with respiratory problems
A man sits on the bank of the Shatt Al Arab waterway as a dust storm blows across Basra
A man struggles to breathe in a dust storm in Najaf
Pedestrians risk crossing a road in low visibility in Basra
