Schoolboys negotiate pools of fetid water and raw sewage on their way to class in the Dora neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 19, 2009.
Iraqi stock traders look at the sales screen at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, Sunday, April 19, 2009. The Iraq Stock Exchange has flipped the switch on electronic trading. The stock exchange chief, Abdul-Razaq al-Saadi, says the move Sunday from paper to electronic trading will save time and increase local and foreign investments.
Iraqis attend Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 17, 2009.
Followers of radical Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn a U.S. flag after Friday prayers in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 17, 2009.
An Iraqi man embraces a relative after his release from U.S. military custody in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, April 16, 2009.
Construction cranes and scaffolding are seen at the newly rebuilt Golden Dome shrine in Samarra, Iraq, Thursday, April 16, 2009.
An Iraqi police officer stands at the site of a bombing in Baqouba, Iraq, Thursday, April 16, 2009.
A man grieves next to the body of a relative killed in a bombing in Baqouba, Iraq, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Police said one person was killed and two injured when a bomb attached to a car detonated Thursday.
A wounded man is treated at a hospital in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
A U.S. Army soldier stands at the site of a bombing in Kirkuk, 180 miles, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Iraqi police say a parked car bomb targeted a passing convoy in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk.
U.S. soldiers stand guard as Iraqi police remove a car that was destroyed by a bomb hidden under it, outside the al-Bairuti coffee shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
Students of the Baghdad Music and Ballet School prepare for a ballet class in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. The school is the only one of its kind in Iraq, offering a formal education as well as specialized classes in music and ballet.
Baghdad University students dance to celebrate their graduation in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2009. Some 120 students graduated on Monday.
An Iraqi man is greeted by his mother after his release from U.S. military detention in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2009.
An Iraqi policeman removes handcuffs from a man upon his release from U.S. military detention to the Dora neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2009.