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Downtown Arbil cloaked in a sandstorm haze.

A sandstorm clouds the main road in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. All photos: AFP

A view of the old town on the banks of the Tigris river in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.

A tuk-tuk driver makes his way through the haze in a sandstorm in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.

Street vendors defy the sandstorm to ply their trade at a roadside stall in Arbil, in northern Iraq.

Sand and dust colour the skies over Arbil.

In Arbil a cyclist uses his hand during the sandstorm when a facemask would have been a better option.

Downtown Arbil cloaked in a sandstorm haze.

A sandstorm clouds the main road in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. All photos: AFP

A view of the old town on the banks of the Tigris river in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.

A tuk-tuk driver makes his way through the haze in a sandstorm in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.

Street vendors defy the sandstorm to ply their trade at a roadside stall in Arbil, in northern Iraq.

Sand and dust colour the skies over Arbil.

In Arbil a cyclist uses his hand during the sandstorm when a facemask would have been a better option.

Downtown Arbil cloaked in a sandstorm haze.

Sandstorm hits Iraq's northern city of Mosul – in pictures

Lava flows after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. Reuters

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The eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. Reuters

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