Refugees rest in shade in Iraqi city after radicals' hometown attack

Refugees rest in shade in Iraqi city after radicals' hometown attack

Refugees from Ramadi, a strategic western city in Iraq, rest in the shade of a car or palm trees amid a 42 C heat wave on May 19, 2015, in Latifiya, situated about 100 kilometers to the east. Refugees began to pour into Latifiya on May 17 after the Islamic State group of extremists took control of it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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