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An ambulance arrives at a demonstration in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on 5 October 2019. - Renewed protests took place under live fire in Iraq's capital and the country's south Saturday as the government struggled to agree a response to days of rallies that have left nearly 100 dead. The largely spontaneous gatherings of demonstrators -- whose demands have evolved since they began on Tuesday from employment and better services to fundamental government change -- have swelled despite an internet blackout and overtures by the country's elite. Hours after a curfew in Baghdad was lifted on Saturday morning, dozens of protesters rallied around the oil ministry in the capital, facing live rounds fired in their direction, an AFP photographer said. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
- Credits Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP
- Themes Conflict Human Rights Politics and Economics
- Regions Middle East and North Africa Iraq