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Dust storms sweep across Iraq as government solutions falter

Dust storms are becoming a growing problem in Iraq, leaving many human victims as well as environmental damages and economic losses in their path, and the government's attempts to counter the storms have so far been unsuccessful.

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Shiite Muslim pilgrims walk through a dust storm in Najaf, southern Iraq, Oct. 30, 2017. — HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images

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