The Iraqi city of Samawa sits about 265 kilometres south of Baghdad on the Euphrates River. Home to about 150,000 people, Samawa hosts vineyards and orchards, carpet-making and heavy industries. Samawa is also the place where families have braved the sun to dig truffles from the dry soil. Ten-year-old Salma Mohsen shows off a truffle he took from the desert. Reuters

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Hunting for truffles in Iraq's Samawa desert - in pictures

Besides the harsh environment, hunters face the threat of desert predators and munitions left over from the Gulf War

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