Carlos Barria / Reuters
Somehow amid the car bombs, occupation, revenge killings and sectarian strife, most Iraqis soldier on, trying to live normal lives--eating breakfast, shopping, talking to friends, cleaning house, saying prayers, worrying about the future. These small acts of daily existence get lost in media coverage of a country torn apart by violence. And indeed many of the peaceful, even mundane, scenes portrayed here are all too often transformed into gruesome scenes of blood and grief. But on the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, NEWSWEEK takes a look at quiet scenes of Iraqis just trying to get by, day by day.
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