A man peers between posters of pop singers on a shop window in Dohuk, Iraq.

A recruit in training for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) at the Q-West base near Qayarray, Iraq.

Children look onto the polluted war supply at a former vacation resort in Shalalat, Iraq, now home to Arabs who were expelled by returning Kurds from the villages of Sheikhan, Kiskala, and Neynoa. The Kurds were expelled by the government of Saddam Hussein, and the Arabs were given their fields and houses. After the US/UK invasion of Iraq, the Kurds were able to return to their lands in the areas formerly governed by Hussein.

American soldiers live in the damaged palaces in central Baghdad.

A glue-sniffing street kid poses for a photographer in the square outside the Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad.

A recruit learns how to "low crawl" during training for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) at the Q-West base near Qayarray, Iraq.

Sgt. Fred Minnick, a reporter and photographer with the U.S. Army Public Affairs, on route to Q-West Army base near Qayarrah, Iraq.

Players warm up during a match between the Iraqi national football (soccer) team and the Kurdistan all-city team, in Erbil, Iraq, in the first post-war match.

A sign outside the Palestine Hotel, limiting access to journalists and foreigners (usually the same thing), for fear of riots and attacks against the foreigners.

A recruit in training for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) at the Q-West base near Qayarray, Iraq.