In pictures: Baghdad Awakenings


Communities reunited

In an echo of the biblical story of Jericho, trumpets played as the wall came down.

Sunni and Shia celebrated in the street together. Awakening fighters threw sweets into the crowd. Children rushed to pick them up.

Women watched from the side, and looked down from windows of buildings scarred by gunfire.

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