Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
26.02.2025

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi families living in hard conditions turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi children living in hard conditions help their family turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi families living in hard conditions turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi families living in hard conditions turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi children living in hard conditions help their family turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi families living in hard conditions turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi children living in hard conditions help their family turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi families living in hard conditions turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

Iraq's charcoal makers: Battling poverty and limited resources
Fotoğraf: Murtadha Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi children living in hard conditions help their family turn the wood they collect into charcoal and sell it in the market, making their living, in Yusufiya district of Baghdad, Iraq on February 17, 2025. Charcoal producers, who face struggles in the profession they inherited from their ancestors, travel around Baghdad and its surroundings to collect tree branches, and if they cannot find them, they buy wood to produce charcoal. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

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