Thursday, May 2, 2013

Iraq’s Women’s Weight Lifting Team Prepares For Championship in Qatar, April 2013


Amidst all the violence taking place in Iraq recently, many citizens are still able to go about their business. These pictures show the Iraqi female weight lifting team preparing in a gym in Baghdad’s Sadr City for the Asian Championship scheduled to take place in Qatar in May 2013.  All photos by Reuters.


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