Iraqis face record-breaking heat, electricity cuts
Protests against the government and frequent power outages are continuing amid Iraq's highest temperatures on record.
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Iraqis are contending with record-breaking temperatures and a poorly functioning electricity system as a heat wave sweeps across the country.
“I felt a burn on the street when I walked home,” Erbil resident Ali Abdulwahid told Al-Monitor.