Moored on the edge of the Shatt al-Arab was the 82 metre superyacht, the Basra Breeze. Originally called the Qadissivat Saddam, it was built in 1981 by a Danish shipbuilder for President Saddam Hussein.

Colourful stained glass windows in an old Ottoman era building in Basra Old Town.

Girls arriving at a school in Basra Old Town.