Libyan and Iraqi youth enjoy the sea at sunset - in pictures

Young people bathed in the Mediterranean and Shatt Al-Arab over the weekend

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  Young Iraqi men swim in the Shatt Al Arab river by the port of Maqil as a heatwave sweeps the southern city of Basra. AFP

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  Iraqi youth swim in the Shatt Al-Arab river by the port of Maqil amid a heatwave in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. AFP

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  Iraqi youth swim in the Shatt Al-Arab river by the port of Maqil amid a heatwave in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. AFP

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  Iraqi youth swim in the Shatt Al-Arab river by the port of Maqil amid a heatwave in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. AFP

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  Youths jump in the Mediterranean sea water at sunset in Libya's capital Tripoli. AFP

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  Youths jump in the Mediterranean sea water at sunset in Libya's capital Tripoli. AFP

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  Youths jump in the Mediterranean sea water at sunset in Libya's capital Tripoli. AFP

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  Youths jump in the Mediterranean sea water at sunset in Libya's capital Tripoli. AFP

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  Youths jump in the Mediterranean sea water in Libya's capital Tripoli. AFP

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