Basra, Iraq: With over a hundred thousand Iraqis dead, millions wounded and displaced, and tens of thousands in and out of prison camps, children have become the sole providers for many families. Rather than attend school, which was mandatory and free through the college level prior to the first US invasion in 1991, many must now resort to foraging for scraps in city dumps or in the piles of trash strewn on the streets, selling candy, or shining shoes as this young boy is doing outside a hotel in Basra.

Basra, Iraq: With over a hundred thousand Iraqis dead, millions wounded and displaced, and tens of thousands in and out of prison camps, children have become the sole providers for many families. Rather than attend school, which was mandatory and free through the college level prior to the first US invasion in 1991, many must now resort to foraging for scraps in city dumps or in the piles of trash strewn on the streets, selling candy, or shining shoes as this young boy is doing outside a hotel in Basra.