A picture taken on February 27, 2013 shows Iraqi youths playing billiard in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A generation of Iraqi young people who have grown up knowing only war view the future of their country with trepidation and think about emigrating to escape the still-common violence and corruption. [Photo/icpress] |
TO GO WITH STORY BY KHALIL JALIL Iraqi bodybuilders flex their muscles during a bodybuilding contest held at a local gym in Baghdad on July 4, 2008. After an absence of several years due to the security situation in the Iraqi capital, the sport of buildbuilding has re` `emerged, supported by a large turnout of young Iraqi athletes devoted to the sport. [Photo/icpress] |