An Iraqi boy begs for water at the gate of a Red Crescent distribution centre where hundreds of citizens gathered to wait for water in a Basra neighbourhood
on April 13, 2003. Frustrated humanitarian agencies say US and British forces must move swiftly to end lawlessness and looting across Iraq so that full-scale efforts to get food, water and medical aid to the population can begin. Most of Iraq's second largest city has been without water for more than two weeks.
— Reuters
