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Iraqi guards survey the damage after looters rampaged through the National Museum of Baghdad

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A museum employee tries to salvage some broken artefacts

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President of the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage Dr Jaber Khalil Ibrahim clears his office after the looting

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Baghdad residents look at an ancient Jewish ark, looted in the raids on the museum

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An official at the National Museum of Baghdad, armed with an iron bar in one hand, stands on guard at the museum

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Parts of a beheaded sculpture lie in the rubble

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Civilians inspect Torah scrolls stored in the vault of the museum