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In Pictures: Iraq prepares for Pope Francis' visit

The pontiff is set to make a four-day-trip to Iraq despite COVID-19 and security fears

Published: March 03, 2021 08:06 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of Iraq_80015.jpg-bad7e-1614743966529 — Pope Francis is set to be in Iraq from March 5 to 8 with an ambitious programme that will take round the country. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 589182-01-02-1614744006871 — On his first day in the Iraqi capital, Francis will give a speech at the "Our Lady of Salvation" Catholic Church in the main commercial district of Karrada. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2021-02-24T140826Z_1260894560_RC22ZL9VSUB4_RTRMADP_3_POPE-IRAQ-PREPARATIONS-1614743953987 — Christians volunteers hold Iraqi and Vatican flags as they decorate streets ahead of the planned visit of Pope Francis, in Qaraqosh. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 631639-01-02-1614743959257 — A member of the Iraqi forces stands next to a poster depicting an image of Pope Francis at the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in the Karrada district of Iraq's capital Baghdad. Image Credit: AFP

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20210303 iraq — Iraqi security forces pass by Iraq and the Vatican flags and posters announcing visit of the Pope Francis in a street in Qaraqosh, Iraq. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 620462-01-02-1614744013411 — Workers finalise preparations at Franso Hariri Stadium in Arbil ahead of Pope Francis' March visit to Iraq. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 620169-01-02-1614744018992 — A view of the interior Chaldean Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Iraq's capital Baghdad, amidst preparations for Pope Francis' visit. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of AP02_24_2021_000073B-1614743957334 — People fix a street destroyed during clashes against Daesh in Qaraqosh, Iraq. Iraq's Christians are hoping that a historic visit by Pope Francis in March will help boost their community's struggle to survive. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 620172-01-02-1614744021389 — A view of the interior Chaldean Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Iraq's capital Baghdad, amidst preparations for Pope Francis' visit. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 638953-01-02-1614743977559 — Men stand holding a poster by UNESCO welcoming Pope Francis at a cultural centre in the old city of Iraq's northern city of Mosul ahead of the pontiff's visit later in the week. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2021-02-28T070204Z_1759022630_RC2J1M9OAYYD_RTRMADP_3_POPE-IRAQ-MOSUL-CHURCHES-1614744010290 — In Mosul, the Pope will visit the Al-Tahera Church in the city's west, which was ravaged by Daesh and the fighting that eventually forced the jihadists out of the city. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 638861-01-02-1614743981479 — Youths unfurl a poster welcoming Pope Francis above the rubble of a destroyed house next to the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the old city of Iraq's northern city of Mosul. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 638950-01-02-1614743979532 — Volunteers stand holding posters welcoming Pope Francis in the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Iraq_77597.jpg-bf36e-1614743987616 — Father Nazeer Dako arranges a Vatican flag to welcome the Pope Francis in St. Joseph's Chaldean Church during preparations for the Pope's visit, in Baghdad, Iraq. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Iraq_04930.jpg-22f97-1614743992565 — Posters welcoming Pope Francis being prepared at St. Joseph's Chaldean Church in preparation for the Pope's visit, in Baghdad, Iraq. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 638832-01-02-1614743983270 — A freshly-printed poster being laid out at a print-shop, welcoming Pope Francis ahead of his visit to the country later in the week. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 635493-01-02-1614744004357 — Workers print flyers of Pope Francis at a shop in Arbil ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Iraq_38599.jpg-41c8a-1614743996950 — Municipal workers rehabilitate the streets around St. Joseph's Chaldean Church during preparations for the Pope's visit, in Baghdad, Iraq. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 629580-01-02-1614743973784 — A nun adds a coat of paint to the crucifix at the entrance of the Immaculate Mary Dominican Sisters Convent in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 620257-01-02-1614743969035 — Members of a Christian choir rehearse ahead of Pope Francis' March visit in a room at the Chaldean Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Iraq's capital Baghdad. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Iraq_51693.jpg-91e70-1614743963362 — A mural of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani with a sentence in Arabic reads "You are a part of us and we are a part of you" is seen before the upcoming visit of the Pope to Iraq. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 629581-01-02-1614743975754 — Roadside banners are erected welcoming Pope Francis in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh. Iraq's northern province of Nineveh is the heartland of the country's Christian community. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2021-03-01T065710Z_245771036_RC262M9B89HE_RTRMADP_3_POPE-IRAQ-1614743971878 — Christians volunteers decorate streets with the pictures of Pope Francis in Qaraqosh. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 620447-01-02-1614744016805 — Workers finalise preparations at Franso Hariri Stadium in Arbil ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Iraq. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 620448-01-02-1614744024873 — Workers finalise preparations at Franso Hariri Stadium ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Iraq. Image Credit: AFP

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