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Thousands Flee Violence in Iraq (PHOTOS)

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As ISIS continues its takeover of major Iraqi cities, citizens have abandoned their homes and sought refuge anywhere they can.

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Traffic from Mosul as thousands of people flee.

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Families arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint next to a temporary displacement camp.

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People have their passports processed at a checkpoint.

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Families arrive at a checkpoint next to a temporary displacement camp in Kalak, Iraq.

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A Iraqi girl fleeing from the city of Mosul arrives at a Kuridish checkpoint. .

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Traffic queues at a Kurdish Check point in Kalak, Iraq.

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A Iraqi refugee fleeing from the city of Mosul prays at a checkpoint as he awaits for hours before entering Kurdistan.

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Families leave a checkpoint next to a temporary displacement camp in Kalak, Iraq.

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People arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint next to a temporary displacement camp in Kalak, Iraq..

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A woman walks through a temporary displacement camp set up next to a Kurdish checkpoint.

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A family walks towards a temporary camp, set up to house civilians fleeing violence, in Iraq's northern Nineveh province, in Aski kalak, 40 kms west of the Kurdish autonomous region's capital Arbil. 

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Iraqi women gather at a temporary camp set up to shelter civilians fleeing violence in Iraq's northern Nineveh province in Aski kalak, 40 kms west of the region's capital Arbil.

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A woman and a girl wash at a tap at a temporary displacement camp set up next to a Kurdish checkpoint.

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