Dust storm shrouds Baghdad - in pictures

Iraq's capital city suffers 10th storm since mid-April

A picture taken on June 13, 2022 shows traffic during a sand storm that hit the Iraqi capital and surrounding areas, with visibility slashed to a few hundred metres (yards), for the tenth time since mid-April. - Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport due to crippling duststorms, the latest in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential threat". (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Thick white dust covers Baghdad.

A patient is treated for breathing problems at a Baghdad hospital.

Iraq has warned that climate change poses an "existential threat".

A patient receives treatment at hospital in Baghdad as clouds of blanketed the capital.

Face covered, a woman walks past the national flag.

Visibility is down to a few hundred metres, a problem for those riding scooters.

Baghdad airport was temporarily closed because of dust storms.

The dust kept hospital emergency departments busy.

A bridge is barely visible.

It was the tenth serious sandstorm since mid-April.

A dusty walk along the Tigris.

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