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An Iraqi anti-government demonstrator washes a carpet in front of a tent in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad, on August 1, 2020. Iraq will hold its next parliamentary elections nearly a year early, the premier announced yesterday, as he seeks to make good on promises he offered when he came to power Protests began in October, with thousands taking to the streets of Baghdad and across the south Demonstrators demanded that the political system be dismantled, pointing to endemic corruption and what many see as the malign influence of sectarian interests. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)
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