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The New York Times

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Nearly nine years of war in Iraq have produced a growing cadre of world-class, homegrown Iraqi news photographers. Some started out with little technical knowledge but a strong desire to document their country’s experience. Within months, they were producing work that became increasingly crucial to the world’s understanding of Iraq. These are the stories of five of those photojournalists, with a sampling of their images.

Lens

The death of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il comes not only at a time of political uncertainty, but also against a hunger crisis caused by storms and floods. This year, the Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj was part of a group of journalists invited by the government – itself a rare step — to document the emergency facing the country’s farm region. As Lens republishes his images today from a post in October, we asked him for an update.