VOA's Kawa Omer was in Mosul this week, shortly after the Iraqi city was liberated from the Islamic State. He shared these photos of residents trying to rebuild their lives and the city in the aftermath of terror group's three-year occupation.
Images from Mosul after Islamic State
- By Kawa Omer
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A vegetable market in the Al-Zahra neighborhood (left side of Mosul), July 19, 2017.
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A man buying okra at a vegetable market in the Al-Zahra neighborhood (left side of Mosul), July 19, 2017.
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Vegetables and fruits are displayed at a market in the Al-Zahra neighborhood (left side of Mosul), July 19, 2017.
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A view of the Al-Zahra neighborhood (left side of Mosul), July 19, 2017.