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The factory still making Iraq's historic yellow bricks - in pictures
From the flooded Seine in Paris to windsurfing in Japan - today's best pictures
The Fishermen of Najaf - in pictures
Kuwaiti market sellers entice shoppers with desert truffles – in pictures
Internet blackout in Myanmar as generals seek to curb anti-coup protests
Port officials fear years in detention without trial as Beirut blast investigation flounders