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A woman stands next to a snow-covered vehicle outside her home in Baghdad. The last recorded snowfall in the city was in 2008, but it was a quick and mostly slushy affair - and prior to that, it had been a century since Baghdad saw any flakes.
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A man walks in a fresh snow in Baghdad. It was a rare moment of respite during which residents took selfies and children played in parks, lobbing snowballs before the fluffy flakes disappeared and the white cover dissolved into grey puddles.Image Credit: AP

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A protester shakes the snow off tents during an anti-government protests in Tahrir Square, Baghdad. The protesters took a moment to observe the snowfall and dusted the flakes off their sit-in tents. "Thank God it is snowing this morning," said Aymen Ahmed, a protester. "The atmosphere is beautiful ... the people are very happy because this is the first time snow falls in Iraq."
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A man poses for a picture in the snow at a park in the city of Karbala.
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A man walks on a road while snow is falling in Baghdad.
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A man cleans snow off of his car in Baghdad.
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A man takes pictures with his smart phone during snow fall in Baghdad.
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Iraqi boys shake snow off a tree at a park in the city of Karbala.
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A man walks on the snow in Baghdad.
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A picture shows Baghdad's Karrada residential neighbourhood under snow fall.
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Iraqi boys play with snow in the city of Karbala.
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Iraqis shake snow off a tree at a park in the city of Karbala.
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A girl plays with her mother in the snow in the city of Karbala .
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A protester walks tosses a snowball during anti-government protests, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad.
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Fresh snow falls while motorists drive through Abu Nawas street in central Baghdad.
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Children play in the snow in Baghdad.
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A protester walks in the snow in Tahrir Square during anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad.
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A man takes pictures with his smart phone during snow fall in Baghdad.
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A man walks on a road during a snowstorm in Baghdad.
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Protesters shake the snow off their tent, in Tahrir Square in Baghdad.
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Fresh snow falls as motorists drive through Abu Nawas street in central Baghdad.
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SOURCE: GULFNEWS