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Life returning to normal in Baghdad
An Iraqi child looks through the gate of her house in central Baghdad 30 May, 2003 as life begins to return to normal.
An Iraqi man offers watermelons for sale in a roadside stand in central Baghdad 30 May, 2003 as life begins to return to normal.
New Iraqi newspapers have begun to be published after years of domination by the former regime.
Small shops in Baghdad like this grocery in downtown Baghdad have started to open for business as life goes back to normal.
Workers deliver air conditioning units to the Iraqi Media Network in central Baghdad that suffered from bombing and looting. The network has been broadcasting independent TV since 12 May, 2003 for an average of 3 hours a day using a portable transmission dish. USAID is funding refurbishment of facilities and supply of air conditioning, telecommunications and office equipment.
A US military helicopter flies past a mosque in Baghdad.
An Iraqi looks at a newspaper on a street of Bagdad. A whole new crop of newspapers has emerged since the war.
 Imported soft drinks compete with local concoctions in a street market near the Central Bank in Baghdad, Iraq.
Music and software CDs in a street market near the Central Bank in Baghdad, Iraq.
Crowds and cars compete for space in a street market near the Central Bank of Iraq in Downtown Baghdad.

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Life returning to normal in Baghdad


Workers deliver air conditioning units to the Iraqi Media Network in central Baghdad that suffered from bombing and looting. The network has been broadcasting independent TV since 12 May, 2003 for an average of 3 hours a day using a portable transmission dish. USAID is funding refurbishment of facilities and supply of air conditioning, telecommunications and office equipment.
Photo by Thomas Hartwell, May 29, 2003

Workers deliver air conditioning units to the Iraqi Media Network in central Baghdad that suffered from bombing and looting. The network has been broadcasting independent TV since 12 May, 2003 for an average of 3 hours a day using a portable transmission dish. USAID is funding refurbishment of facilities and supply of air conditioning, telecommunications and office equipment.

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