An Iraqi Arab woman cries as she cradles her dead husband's head in her hands as he lies in the backseat of a car that transported him to the Republican Hospital in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday afternoon. Her husband, a civilian, was caught in crossfire in the city. Many people were being treated for gunshot and shrapnel wounds from fighting in small pockets of the city of Kirkuk, as Peshmerga and U.S. forces took control of the city.

Ruth Fremson

New York Times

Published April 11, 2003

Army Delta Force operatives move to search a car after taking out another car, rear, which carried Iraqis aiming at U.S. Marines in Baghdad on Wednesday night.

Mark Avery

Orange County Register

Published April 11, 2003

Lance Cpl. Dominic Chevalier, left, of Pittsburg, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Leonardo Morales of Los Angeles, sleep in chairs in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces taken by 1st Battalion, 5th Marines as they entered central Baghdad on Thursday.

Mark Avery

Orange County Register

Published April 11, 2003

Medical center worker Hasam Hamed shows the last bottle of medicine left after the center was looted, in Basra on Thursday.

Tony Nicoletti

Associated Press

Published April 11, 2003

A U.S. soldier directs an elderly Iraqi woman outside the Al Monsour hotel, near the Ministry of Information, in Baghdad Thursday. Hundreds looted the hotel, as U.S. forces watched without interfering.

Jerome Delay

Associated Press

Published April 11, 2003

A young girl in the village of Shaibah, near Basrain in southern Iraq, on Thursday.

Dan Chung

Associated Press

Published April 10, 2003

Kurdish people celebrate in the streets of Sulaymaniyah on Wednesday, shouting praises of PUK leader Jamal Talibania and President Bush.

Richard Sennott

Star Tribune

Published April 10, 2003

The Kurdish people in Sulaymaniyah came out by the thousands to celebrate the fall of Baghdad Wednesday.

Richard Sennott

Star Tribune

Published April 10, 2003

The people celebrated Wednesday in Sulaymanyah, dancing the sur chopi and cheering while shouting praises of PUK leader Jamal Talibania and George Bush.

Richard Sennott

Star Tribune

Published April 10, 2003

Kurdish people wave peace symbols as they celebrate while waving a U.S. flag, Wednesday, April 9, 2003, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Audio: Listen to the sounds of celebration in Sulaymaniyah.

Richard Sennott

Star Tribune

Published April 10, 2003

Charlie Company 1-64 Commanding Officer Cpt. Jason Conroy kicks in the door of an Iraqi government building in Baghdad on Wednesday. Members of Charlie Company 1-64 and Charile Comapny 3-15 were searching the building for soldiers and information.

Brant Sanderlin

Atlanta Journal- Constitution

Published April 10, 2003

U.S. Army Spc. Kenneth Clark from Woodward, Okla. puffs up his cheeks like the baby he was handed while being welcomed by Iraqis in Baghdad Wednesday. The soldiers from the A Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment took over a section of northern Baghdad with a warm welcome from many residents, but under sporadic rocket and small arms fire from irregular Iraqi forces.

John Moore

Associated Press

Published April 10, 2003

Iraqis use their shoes to hit the remains of a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Bagdhad on Wednesday.

Jerome Delay

Associated Press

Published April 10, 2003

An Iraqi man said to be wounded in an aerial bombing in Baghdad gets on his knees on Wednesday in front of U. S. soldiers and says, "I am not a soldier. I am a civilian. I hate Sadaam."

David Leeson

Dallas Morning News

Published April 10, 2003

U.S. Marines with India Co., 3rd Batt., 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, use a wall of smoke for cover as they advance on the headquarters of the Fedayeen in Baghdad on Wednesday. The Fedayeen are a secret fighting force controlled by Saddam Hussein.

Laura Rauch

Associated Press

Published April 10, 2003