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USA, Louisiana Army National Guard vehicles drive on flooded U.S. Route 190 after heavy rains inundated the region, Robert, La. USA, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0002.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding Danielle Blount kisses her 3-month-old baby Ember and feeds her while they wait to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, La. USA, after heavy rains inundated the region, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Downpours in some areas of southern Louisiana came close to 2 feet over a 48-hour period according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0003.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding People arrive to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, La. USA, in heavy rain, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act compelling first responders to save pets just as they save people. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said the Louisiana National Guard rescued more than 1,000 people and hundreds of pets. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0004.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding Sgt. Brad Stone of the Louisiana Army National Guard gives safety instructions to people loaded on a dump truck after they were stranded by rising flood water near Walker, La. USA, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Rescuers have evacuated more than 20,000 people since the flooding started Friday and more than 10,000 people were in shelters as of late Sunday, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/NPPA_Becherer_Singles_0002.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding PRAIRIEVILLE, LOUISIANA. Danny and Alys Messenger canoe away from their flooded home after reviewing the damage in Prairieville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Historic August flooding in southern Louisiana killed 13 people, forced tens of thousands of people to flee and damaged as many as 112,000 homes. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/NPPA_Becherer_Singles_0004.jpg Campaign 2016 Trump GONZALES, LOUISIANA. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, center, and running mate Gov. Mike Pence, right, help to unload supplies for flood victims during a tour of the flood damaged area in Gonzales, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Trump and Pence traveled to flood-ravaged sections of southern Louisiana to survey the damage that killed at least 13 people and displaced thousands more. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0008.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding Daniel Stover, 17, moves a boat of personal belongings from a friend's flooded home in Sorrento, La. USA, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. The American Red Cross described the flood as "the largest natural disaster to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy." (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0005.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, right, reviews a shored up breach in a levee dam that the Louisiana National Guard filled using 362, 4000-lb. sand bags that were put in place with a helicopter near Gueydan, La. USA, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. "Though we are bringing to bear all the FEMA relief we can and what's allowed by statute, it's not going to be enough to make people whole, and that's unfortunate," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0006.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding Robert Miller, 66, prays during service at the South Walker Baptist Church in Walker, La. USA, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. Miller had six family members in his home when the flood struck and helped them flee the home while he stayed behind to care for his dogs. Miller wounded his left wrist with a saw while trying to clean up the flood damage. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0007.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding Mailbox posts are seen just above flood water in Prairieville, La. USA, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. At least 40,000 homes were damaged in the historic Louisiana floods, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0010.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding Debris from gutted homes can be seen in front of homes in this areal view of Baton Rouge, La. USA, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. President Obama signed a Louisiana disaster declaration on Aug. 14, making federal disaster funding available. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/WorldPress_Becherer_Flood_0009.jpg Historic Louisiana Flooding David Key looks at water out of his master bedroom windows in his flooded home in Prairieville, La. USA, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Key, an insurance adjuster, fled his home as the flood water was rising with his wife and three children and returned Tuesday to assess the damage. Mike Steele, spokesman for the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said 102,000 people have registered for federal aid. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) https://maxbecherer.com/new-orleans 2026-06-24 monthly 0.8 https://maxbecherer.com/global-news-events 2026-06-24 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/2014_Pulitzer_Becherer_001SSM.jpg Residents react to the screeching sound of what is believed to be a 2,000 pound GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb captured moments before it hits an apartment building on al-Jalla St. in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on July 31, 2014. The family that owned the destroyed building had been phoned by the Israel Defense Forces and told to evacuate the house because it was going to be attacked. After the building was evacuated the neighborhood watched as the building was struck with three bombs, which destroyed the targeted building but left the surrounding structures standing. Residents react to the screeching sound of what is believed to be a 2,000 pound GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb captured moments before it hits an apartment building on al-Jalla St. in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on July 31, 2014. The family that owned the destroyed building had been phoned by the Israel Defense Forces and told to evacuate the house because it was going to be attacked. After the building was evacuated the neighborhood watched as the building was struck with three bombs, which destroyed the targeted building but left the surrounding structures standing. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/2014_Pulitzer_Becherer_002.jpg Explosions caused by Israeli airstrikes erupt in the Jabal al-Rayyes neighborhood of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on July 29, 2014. Israel said they were targeting 32 tunnels dug to allow Hamas militants to go under the border fence and infiltrate Israel. Explosions caused by Israeli airstrikes erupt in the Jabal al-Rayyes neighborhood of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on July 29, 2014. Israel said they were targeting 32 tunnels dug to allow Hamas militants to go under the border fence and infiltrate Israel. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/2014_POY_Becherer_029-copy.jpg A family mourns as the body of Muhammed Abu Shagfa, 7, is taken for burial after a rocket attack on Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, that killed at least 10 people and wounded 46 in the al Shati refugee camp on Monday, July 28, 2014. According to the United Nations 7 in 10 Palestinians killed in the Gaza war were civilians. Many of those civilians were killed when Hamas rockets fell short of Israel, landing in dense Gaza neighborhoods. Others were killed when Israeli fire hit U.N. schools and Palestinian homes. A family mourns as the body of Muhammed Abu Shagfa, 7, is taken for burial after a rocket attack on Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, that killed at least 10 people and wounded 46 in the al Shati refugee camp on Monday, July 28, 2014. According to the United Nations 7 in 10 Palestinians killed in the Gaza war were civilians. Many of those civilians were killed when Hamas rockets fell short of Israel, landing in dense Gaza neighborhoods. Others were killed when Israeli fire hit U.N. schools and Palestinian homes. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/04262014_Election_Becherer_001-copy-2.jpg An Iraqi Army helicopter crew travels from Baghdad to Ramadi, Iraq in Anbar province arriving at Al Taqaddum Air Base on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Iraq held a parliamentary election in spite of a worsening Sunni insurgency in Anbar province. Iraqi politicians failed to address the demands of the Sunni tribes who rose up again the Iraq military forces. An Iraqi Army helicopter crew travels from Baghdad to Ramadi, Iraq in Anbar province arriving at Al Taqaddum Air Base on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Iraq held a parliamentary election in spite of a worsening Sunni insurgency in Anbar province. Iraqi politicians failed to address the demands of the Sunni tribes who rose up again the Iraq military forces. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01142013_Becherer_Egypt002.jpg A boy hides behind a doorway after protestors fled advancing security forces who fired tear gas against protestors near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday February 4, 2012. Protestors and police continued street clashes in the Egyptian capital following a deadly soccer riot that left 74 people dead and angered Egyptians over the lack of security. A boy hides behind a doorway after protestors fled advancing security forces who fired tear gas against protestors near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday February 4, 2012. Protestors and police continued street clashes in the Egyptian capital following a deadly soccer riot that left 74 people dead and angered Egyptians over the lack of security. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/04032013_Becherer_MadrassaPakistan020.jpg Students memorize the Koran at the Darul Uloom Haqqania madrassa in Akora Khattak, Pakistan on Monday April 1, 2013. Around 3000 students study a type of ultra-orthodox interpretation of Islam known as Deobandi. Taliban leader Mullah Omar is a graduate of the school, which is regarded as a most prestigious of conservative Islamic schools. Students memorize the Koran at the Darul Uloom Haqqania madrassa in Akora Khattak, Pakistan on Monday April 1, 2013. Around 3000 students study a type of ultra-orthodox interpretation of Islam known as Deobandi. Taliban leader Mullah Omar is a graduate of the school, which is regarded as a most prestigious of conservative Islamic schools. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/BechererPortfolio008.jpg Libyans celebrate with fireworks and flags as they are addressed by Ali Tarhouni, Libyan National Transitional Council minister of oil and finance, in Martyrs Square from a stage in front of hundreds of celebrating Libyans on Monday, August 8, 2011. Libyans celebrate with fireworks and flags as they are addressed by Ali Tarhouni, Libyan National Transitional Council minister of oil and finance, in Martyrs Square from a stage in front of hundreds of celebrating Libyans on Monday, August 8, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/04262014_Pakistan_Becherer_003-copy.jpg A government team administers Polio immunization drops to children between the ages of 0 to 5 at the Karachi train station in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday January 30, 2014. The three-day campaign was cut short after an immunization team was attacked and two workers killed the following day. Pakistan remains one of the most difficult polio eradication environments with the death toll among anti-polio workers reaching 65 since the first targeted attack in December of 2012. A government team administers Polio immunization drops to children between the ages of 0 to 5 at the Karachi train station in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday January 30, 2014. The three-day campaign was cut short after an immunization team was attacked and two workers killed the following day. Pakistan remains one of the most difficult polio eradication environments with the death toll among anti-polio workers reaching 65 since the first targeted attack in December of 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/04262014_Pakistan_Becherer_007-copy.jpg Pakistan Army soldiers inspect the damage done to the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 where Taliban gunmen killed 150 people, many of them children, the day before. Empty bullet casings, pools of blood and personal belongings littered the floors. Pakistan Army soldiers inspect the damage done to the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 where Taliban gunmen killed 150 people, many of them children, the day before. Empty bullet casings, pools of blood and personal belongings littered the floors. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqMedical139.jpg Staff Sergeant Darrell Griffin is laid to rest with full military honors at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood, California on Friday, 13 2007. Griffin earned a Bronze Star with Valor for his service before he was killed in Iraq by a sniper during an operation in Sadr City. Staff Sergeant Darrell Griffin is laid to rest with full military honors at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood, California on Friday, 13 2007. Griffin earned a Bronze Star with Valor for his service before he was killed in Iraq by a sniper during an operation in Sadr City. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_Pakistan007.jpg After taking a hit of heroin an addict wipes his face in a back alley on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday March 2, 2008. Record poppy crops in Afghanistan have pushed a surge in heroin addicts across the border in Pakistan. The use of intravenous injection of the drug is helping to spread HIV/AIDS in areas where there is little or no help for those with the disease. After taking a hit of heroin an addict wipes his face in a back alley on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday March 2, 2008. Record poppy crops in Afghanistan have pushed a surge in heroin addicts across the border in Pakistan. The use of intravenous injection of the drug is helping to spread HIV/AIDS in areas where there is little or no help for those with the disease. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01142013_Becherer_Egypt010.jpg Egyptian trinket sellers wait for tourists at the pyramids of Giza, in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday March 11, 2012. Egypt saw an 18 percent drop in tourist nights spent in the country in 2011 and the numbers have not improved in 2012 according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the premier tourism organization which participated in the ITB Berlin travel fare last week. Egyptian trinket sellers wait for tourists at the pyramids of Giza, in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday March 11, 2012. Egypt saw an 18 percent drop in tourist nights spent in the country in 2011 and the numbers have not improved in 2012 according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the premier tourism organization which participated in the ITB Berlin travel fare last week. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01142013_Becherer_Egypt008.jpg Coptic Christian Egyptians mourn more than a dozen killed during clashes with the Egyptian army late Sunday as the bodies are collected in coffins at the Coptic Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The victims were killed during clashes at a protest by Coptic Christians demanding better protection and accountability for several church burnings this year. Coptic Christian Egyptians mourn more than a dozen killed during clashes with the Egyptian army late Sunday as the bodies are collected in coffins at the Coptic Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The victims were killed during clashes at a protest by Coptic Christians demanding better protection and accountability for several church burnings this year. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/BechererPortfolio022.jpg Kill Team Leader "Kill Team" leader Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs walks through a poppy field during a patrol to investigate one of the killings of an Afgha civilian he was connected to. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/04262014_Pakistan_Becherer_015-copy.jpg People rush home from work before the sun sets during Ramadan in front of a mosque run by the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat party in the middle-class Nagin Chowrangi neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, July 7, 2014. The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat was once called Sipah-e-Sahaba, a banned group in Pakistan. People rush home from work before the sun sets during Ramadan in front of a mosque run by the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat party in the middle-class Nagin Chowrangi neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, July 7, 2014. The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat was once called Sipah-e-Sahaba, a banned group in Pakistan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_Pakistan008.jpg Imam Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti is blindfolded and shackled as he is led to court to receive formal charges for falsely accusing a young Christian girl of burning pages of the Quran at the Islamabad District Court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday September 2, 2012. The Imam was arrested after his deputy made a statement saying he saw the Imam add pages to the burning ashes in order to accuse the girl of blasphemy and expel the Christian family from the neighborhood. The case involves Rimsha Masih who was arrested on August 16, 2012 on charges of blasphemy after being accused of burning pages of the Quran by a crowd of her Muslim neighbors. The girl, who is believed to be between the ages of 11 to 14, and her family were roughed-up by the crowed before being taken into custody by the police. Imam Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti is blindfolded and shackled as he is led to court to receive formal charges for falsely accusing a young Christian girl of burning pages of the Quran at the Islamabad District Court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday September 2, 2012. The Imam was arrested after his deputy made a statement saying he saw the Imam add pages to the burning ashes in order to accuse the girl of blasphemy and expel the Christian family from the neighborhood. The case involves Rimsha Masih who was arrested on August 16, 2012 on charges of blasphemy after being accused of burning pages of the Quran by a crowd of her Muslim neighbors. The girl, who is believed to be between the ages of 11 to 14, and her family were roughed-up by the crowed before being taken into custody by the police. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_Pakistan024.jpg Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, right, and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, left, stand on the top of a vehicle as they wave to hundreds of supporters after arriving at the Lahore Airport from Saudi Arabia on Sunday, November 25, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. President Pervez Musharrif sent Sharif and his brother into exile some eight years ago. He has arrived in Pakistan to head one of the country's leading opposition parties. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, right, and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, left, stand on the top of a vehicle as they wave to hundreds of supporters after arriving at the Lahore Airport from Saudi Arabia on Sunday, November 25, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. President Pervez Musharrif sent Sharif and his brother into exile some eight years ago. He has arrived in Pakistan to head one of the country's leading opposition parties. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_Pakistan026.jpg People visit the Lahore Fort in the old city of Lahore, Pakistan during the second day of Muharram which is the second day of the Islamic calendar, on Saturday, January, 12, 2008. The Pakistani government is taking extra security measures for Muharram, which will include a Shiia celebration of Ashurah when sectarian violence is expected. People visit the Lahore Fort in the old city of Lahore, Pakistan during the second day of Muharram which is the second day of the Islamic calendar, on Saturday, January, 12, 2008. The Pakistani government is taking extra security measures for Muharram, which will include a Shiia celebration of Ashurah when sectarian violence is expected. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_Pakistan001.jpg A man takes time out for tea as he sits along a busy street in the old town in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday March 3, 2008. In the recent elections the Awami National Party (ANP), made up of largely Pashtun nationalists, has gained support over religious based political leadership. The vote signals a move by residents away from the oppressive restrictions of fundamentalist Islamic leadership in the region. A man takes time out for tea as he sits along a busy street in the old town in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday March 3, 2008. In the recent elections the Awami National Party (ANP), made up of largely Pashtun nationalists, has gained support over religious based political leadership. The vote signals a move by residents away from the oppressive restrictions of fundamentalist Islamic leadership in the region. https://maxbecherer.com/emerald-miners 2026-06-24 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds001.jpg Moulana Latife, 45, prays on an outstretched jacket at the mouth of his mine in the mountains overlooking the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. Latife has been working in the mines since he was 16 and fought with Ahmed Shah Massoud against the Russians in the 1980s and the Taliban after that. Most of the men at the times are deeply independent and conservative and trying to make a living from the back breaking work. Moulana Latife, 45, prays on an outstretched jacket at the mouth of his mine in the mountains overlooking the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. Latife has been working in the mines since he was 16 and fought with Ahmed Shah Massoud against the Russians in the 1980s and the Taliban after that. Most of the men at the times are deeply independent and conservative and trying to make a living from the back breaking work. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds002.jpg Muhammad Zaid, 19, uses a Swiss jack hammer to make holes in the rock to place explosive in the mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Zaid who is recently married with a child has only been been working in the mines with his father for a few months, but having the strongest back means he works the bucking jackhammer. With his father's help Zaid found a promising vein in the rock and has started his own mine. Zaid's most successful find has been from an emerald found on the ground in the middle of the night after he found thieves plundering his mine. Muhammad Zaid, 19, uses a Swiss jack hammer to make holes in the rock to place explosive in the mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Zaid who is recently married with a child has only been been working in the mines with his father for a few months, but having the strongest back means he works the bucking jackhammer. With his father's help Zaid found a promising vein in the rock and has started his own mine. Zaid's most successful find has been from an emerald found on the ground in the middle of the night after he found thieves plundering his mine. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds003.jpg Detonated dynamite throws rock and dust shooting out of an emerald mine on the rock face of the mountains above the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Powdered explosive are shoved into holes that are drilled into the rock with a wood pole. A detonator is then inserted with a fuse and ignited. The miners blast rock as they follow promising veins looking for prized emeralds. The blast can be heard all the way to the village below and felt in the rocks of the mountain as miners work in adjacent mines. Detonated dynamite throws rock and dust shooting out of an emerald mine on the rock face of the mountains above the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Powdered explosive are shoved into holes that are drilled into the rock with a wood pole. A detonator is then inserted with a fuse and ignited. The miners blast rock as they follow promising veins looking for prized emeralds. The blast can be heard all the way to the village below and felt in the rocks of the mountain as miners work in adjacent mines. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds004.jpg Ahmad Lais Amin, 22, right, looks for signs of emerald in a handful of dirt he has excavated as, Aziz, a miner from a nearby cave holds the light and looks for signs of success in the slope of the Hindu Kush mountains towering over the Panjshir Valley near the village of Khenj, in Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. Miners sometimes drop in on promising excavations to snoop for better locations or to watch a big find. Ahmad Lais Amin, 22, right, looks for signs of emerald in a handful of dirt he has excavated as, Aziz, a miner from a nearby cave holds the light and looks for signs of success in the slope of the Hindu Kush mountains towering over the Panjshir Valley near the village of Khenj, in Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. Miners sometimes drop in on promising excavations to snoop for better locations or to watch a big find. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds005.jpg Ahmad Jawead, 22, center, works with the mechanic of the mountain, Mohammad Israar, 46, left, and his hired hand Rahimullah, 27, as they try to start a Chinese made motor that creates compressed air for his air pressure operated rock drill in the mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. The motor has a hand crank but they hope by heating up the carburetor they can help to prime it to start. Ahmad Jawead, 22, center, works with the mechanic of the mountain, Mohammad Israar, 46, left, and his hired hand Rahimullah, 27, as they try to start a Chinese made motor that creates compressed air for his air pressure operated rock drill in the mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. The motor has a hand crank but they hope by heating up the carburetor they can help to prime it to start. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds006.jpg With excitement Ahmad Jawead, 22, shovels and picks his way through rock after having blasted the rock in his 60-meter deep mine looking for emeralds in the mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Jawead has been working his mine for seven months straight looking for an emerald large enough to buy his way out of Afghanistan. After declaring his desire to leave the country and asking for help his family forbid him to leave. Now he blasts the rock hoping to fund his own way out of the country. With excitement Ahmad Jawead, 22, shovels and picks his way through rock after having blasted the rock in his 60-meter deep mine looking for emeralds in the mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Jawead has been working his mine for seven months straight looking for an emerald large enough to buy his way out of Afghanistan. After declaring his desire to leave the country and asking for help his family forbid him to leave. Now he blasts the rock hoping to fund his own way out of the country. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds007.jpg An emerald worker is perched on a rock next to his generator and compressor that operate his air pressure driven rock drill as the morning sun creeps over the Western face of the mountain above the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. The river of mine tailings can been seen in the mountain in the background. The miners' work is of environmental concern and the miners often also extract and dump valuable metals that exist around the emerald according to Mohamad Ibrahim, the Minister of the Mines and Industry Ministry in Kabul. An emerald worker is perched on a rock next to his generator and compressor that operate his air pressure driven rock drill as the morning sun creeps over the Western face of the mountain above the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. The river of mine tailings can been seen in the mountain in the background. The miners' work is of environmental concern and the miners often also extract and dump valuable metals that exist around the emerald according to Mohamad Ibrahim, the Minister of the Mines and Industry Ministry in Kabul. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds008.jpg With the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj visible thousands of feet below, emerald miners reinforce the roof of their mountainside tent home in Panjshir province, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. The miners haul water from an abandoned mine that now is full of spring water but have to haul all other provisions from the village below. Gas stoves heat water for washing and gas lamps provide light for the mines and tents. Generators are reserved to operate jack hammers and air compressors for mining drills. With the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj visible thousands of feet below, emerald miners reinforce the roof of their mountainside tent home in Panjshir province, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. The miners haul water from an abandoned mine that now is full of spring water but have to haul all other provisions from the village below. Gas stoves heat water for washing and gas lamps provide light for the mines and tents. Generators are reserved to operate jack hammers and air compressors for mining drills. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds009.jpg Having delivered a lunch of rice and lamb meat, Rahimullah, 27, scales the sheer rock face back to the stone cabin where he will clean up the pots and pans from the meal before returning to continue mining on mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Having delivered a lunch of rice and lamb meat, Rahimullah, 27, scales the sheer rock face back to the stone cabin where he will clean up the pots and pans from the meal before returning to continue mining on mountains over the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds010.jpg Ahmad Jawead, 22, left, Rahimullah, 27, center, and Burhan Amin, 26, right, share a breakfast of cream, bread, jam and tea as they make the day's bread on a gas burner in their stone one-room home in the mountains next to the mine they work above the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Ahmad Jawead and Burhan Amin are cousins and hire Rahimullah to help with the work of the mines. Teams of five to ten men, sometimes friends or family, work as partners in the mines. Ahmad Jawead, 22, left, Rahimullah, 27, center, and Burhan Amin, 26, right, share a breakfast of cream, bread, jam and tea as they make the day's bread on a gas burner in their stone one-room home in the mountains next to the mine they work above the Panjshir Valley village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Ahmad Jawead and Burhan Amin are cousins and hire Rahimullah to help with the work of the mines. Teams of five to ten men, sometimes friends or family, work as partners in the mines. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds011.jpg An emerald miner uses a hand held mirror with an image of an model from India after washing himself in the morning in the emerald mines above Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. The labor of the mines is conducted by young men who spend a week to seven months on the side of the mountains where no women work. An emerald miner uses a hand held mirror with an image of an model from India after washing himself in the morning in the emerald mines above Khenj, Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. The labor of the mines is conducted by young men who spend a week to seven months on the side of the mountains where no women work. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds012.jpg After setting off dynamite charges in the mine Rahimullah, 27, takes a smoke break as he waits for the dust to clear the shaft of a mineral mine on the slope of the Hindu Kush mountains over the Panjshir Valley near the village of Khenj, in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 25, 2007. Rahimullah is a hired hand who works for a team of young men who blast and drill holes in the mountains looking for emeralds and precious stones. The young men who work the mines were boys when the Taliban fell six years ago. The mines were a way to fund the jehad most of their father’s participated in but now the young men dig, hoping to find a rock large enough to feed their families or to give them enough money to escape the work of the mines. After setting off dynamite charges in the mine Rahimullah, 27, takes a smoke break as he waits for the dust to clear the shaft of a mineral mine on the slope of the Hindu Kush mountains over the Panjshir Valley near the village of Khenj, in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 25, 2007. Rahimullah is a hired hand who works for a team of young men who blast and drill holes in the mountains looking for emeralds and precious stones. The young men who work the mines were boys when the Taliban fell six years ago. The mines were a way to fund the jehad most of their father’s participated in but now the young men dig, hoping to find a rock large enough to feed their families or to give them enough money to escape the work of the mines. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds013.jpg Having returned to the village of Khenj with a week's worth of emeralds a buyers looks at a group of emeralds being sold for $3,500 in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Emeralds sold in the village usually go for double that price in town and several times that, depending on their quality, outside of the country. Having returned to the village of Khenj with a week's worth of emeralds a buyers looks at a group of emeralds being sold for $3,500 in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Emeralds sold in the village usually go for double that price in town and several times that, depending on their quality, outside of the country. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds014.jpg Burhan Amin, 26, prays in the one-room stone house he shares with the rest of his team of miners on the slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains towering over the Panjshir Valley near the village of Khenj, in Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. Amin, 26, has a kidney ailment that does not allow him to work, brought on from years of battling the mountain for emeralds. Instead of manning the rock drill, Amin prepares the meals of rice, bread, lamb meat and tea for grime-covered miners. Even with this light duty, he sometimes feels too ill to work. “Most of the time I am sick. Those days when I am not feeling well, because there is the mountain and it is the work of the mountain. If we work from the morning till night, you will know how much you get tired,” Amin said. Burhan Amin, 26, prays in the one-room stone house he shares with the rest of his team of miners on the slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains towering over the Panjshir Valley near the village of Khenj, in Afghanistan on Thursday October 25, 2007. Amin, 26, has a kidney ailment that does not allow him to work, brought on from years of battling the mountain for emeralds. Instead of manning the rock drill, Amin prepares the meals of rice, bread, lamb meat and tea for grime-covered miners. Even with this light duty, he sometimes feels too ill to work. “Most of the time I am sick. Those days when I am not feeling well, because there is the mountain and it is the work of the mountain. If we work from the morning till night, you will know how much you get tired,” Amin said. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/10242007_Becherer_Emeralds015.jpg Emerald buyers from Kabul, Hiatullah, left, and Gulalam, right, look at a pocketful of emeralds brought down the mountain in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Most miners keep their emeralds in a plastic package. Usually the partners in a mine will weigh, count, then wrap the emeralds they find, signing the wrapping to insure they all agree on what was found. Then the package is opened again when it reaches the village and is sold. Emerald buyers from Kabul, Hiatullah, left, and Gulalam, right, look at a pocketful of emeralds brought down the mountain in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Most miners keep their emeralds in a plastic package. Usually the partners in a mine will weigh, count, then wrap the emeralds they find, signing the wrapping to insure they all agree on what was found. Then the package is opened again when it reaches the village and is sold. https://maxbecherer.com/afghanistan:-the-longest-war 2026-06-24 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar011.jpg War in Afghanistan Rows of Afghan dignitaries, military, police and mourners pay last respects to six parliamentarians including opposition leader Mustafa Kazimi, during a state funeral near the Darulaman Palace, in background, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday November 8, 2007. The lawmakers and six of their bodyguards, who were also killed in the attack, were buried together in a place of honor near the location of a planned new parliament building. Thousands attended the official ceremony during the second of three national days of mourning for the 52 killed in a suicide attack in Baghlan province on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar030.jpg War in Afghanistan Burhan Amin, 26, shines a light from the back of a cigarette lighter that projects the image of Osama bin Laden that he purchased from a shop in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Ten years after the September 11th attack on the United States bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar021.jpg War in Afghanistan American soldiers question a man who walked up on the American patrol. The American patrol received sniper fire all day causing them to look for scouts who might be telling the Taliban of their location during the patrol. The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, A Company, operating out of Combat Outpost Lakhokhel in the Zhair district of Kandahar province searched several compounds and patrolled the village of Singesar and the surrounding area to talk to people of interest and to disrupt the Taliban operations closer to the main highway from Kandahar to Helmand province. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar018.jpg War in Afghanistan Marines of the first platoon of Lima company of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, shouts out the location of Taliban shooting at his fire team in northern Marjah. The Marines took cover in canals and returned fire. The Taliban fled on motorbikes 15 minutes after shooting at the Marines. Four months after a major offensive to secure Marjah, the 3rd battalion, 6th Marines continue to face resistance as they attempt to win over the population in the rural area, which is a major poppy production center. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar028.jpg War in Afghanistan The body of Captain Petre Tiberius is unloaded from a helicopter by fellow Romanian soldiers and American medical personnel at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on April 3, 2009. The defense ministry in Bucharest, Romania announced Captain Petre Tiberius was killed in crossfire while leading a mission on Friday to support ISAF forces who had come under attack. Tiberius was transported by helicopter to a forward surgical hospital but died in transit. Romania has lost 10 soldiers in Afghanistan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqMedical027.jpg After receiving a Purple Heart from Major General McCarthy a wounded soldier recounts the attack that resulted in his wounds in Afghanistan at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. The quick medical transportation system is efficient at treating physical wounds but the mental trauma suffered will take longer to treat. After receiving a Purple Heart from Major General McCarthy a wounded soldier recounts the attack that resulted in his wounds in Afghanistan at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. The quick medical transportation system is efficient at treating physical wounds but the mental trauma suffered will take longer to treat. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_Portraits004.jpg A young woman waits for an appointment at the French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 20, 2010. As well as offering some of the most advanced technology, the hospital offers advanced care for young women in Kabul. A young woman waits for an appointment at the French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 20, 2010. As well as offering some of the most advanced technology, the hospital offers advanced care for young women in Kabul. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar012.jpg War in Afghanistan Patients practice walking with prosthetics received from the Red Cross along with other victims of mine blasts at the ICRC rehabilitation clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 27, 2010. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) manages six physical rehabilitation centers across Afghanistan and maintains a workshop manufacturing prosthetic/orthotic limbs for war victims and those with other disabilities. The doors to the clinic are open to all Afghans who are wounded for any reason. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar024.jpg War in Afghanistan An MQ-9 Reaper stands ready and fully armed on the flight line of Kandahar Air Field with four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, one GBU-12 Paveway II, and one GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack munitions mounted on its wings. The United States Air Force's 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron launches the MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft or drone, from Kandahar Air Field. The U.S. Air Force currently fields 10 of the $13 million aircraft which can be armed with a variety of guided bombs. The Reaper is controlled by a flight team in Kandahar for take-off and landings but is controlled for most of its 12 to 13 hour missions from a base in Nevada operated by the 42nd Attack Squadron. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar025.jpg War in Afghanistan Pilots with the United States Air Force's 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepare to launch a MQ-1 Predator from the Kandahar Air Field from a trailer equipped with a full array of piloting computers and readouts on the flight line. The U.S. Air Force currently fields 130 of the $3 million aircraft which can be armed with two laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar014.jpg War in Afghanistan A DynCorp employee, center, monitors an Afghan police rifle course at a military range east of Kabul on Sunday October 21, 2007. The range is part of a Tactical Training Program (TTP) that is a follow-up and refresher to the first 8-week training the police received. The TTP gives Afghan police training in weapons, tactical movement as a team and classroom learning including criminal investigation training. Most of the classes are run by Afghan police teachers with mentoring and assistance by DynCorp employees. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar022.jpg War in Afghanistan American soldiers stagger into Combat Outpost Lakhokhel after a long day of battling the Taliban during a search of several compounds near the village of Singesar. The Americans suffered no casualties from enemy fire but did have several soldiers suffer heat exhaustion during a firefight. The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, A Company operating out of Combat Outpost Lakhokhel in the Zhair district of Kandahar province searched several compounds and patrolled the village of Singesar and the surrounding area to talk to people and disrupt the Taliban operations closer to the main highway from Kandahar to Helmand province. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar027.jpg War in Afghanistan Sergeant Bryan Hulit, right, reads while fellow soldiers get some sleep on an Afghan bed they found in the compound they took over during their clearing operations in the village of Talukan. The 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, Third Brigade Combat Team, of the 101st Airborne Division started to clear the roads and houses of the village of Talukan in Pajwai district of Kandahar. The soldiers have found as many as 9 Improvised Explosive Devices all around the main market and roads leading into the village. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/BechererPortfolio022.jpg Kill Team Leader "Kill Team" leader Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs walks through a poppy field during a patrol to investigate one of the killings of an Afgha civilian he was connected to. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_AfghanWar019.jpg War in Afghanistan An American attack helicopter fires a missile at a Taliban position. The Taliban fired at the helicopter, and soldiers on the ground took sniper fire during their search. The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, A Company operating out of Combat Outpost Lakhokhel in the Zhair district of Kandahar province searched several compounds and patrolled the village of Singesar and the surrounding area to talk to people and disrupt the Taliban operations closer to the main highway from Kandahar to Helmand province. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar020.jpg War in Afghanistan American soldiers watches as smokes rises from a rocket attack by American helicopters on a Taliban position. The patrol was harassed by a sniper and automatic weapons fire most of the morning. The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, A Company operating out of Combat Outpost Lakhokhel in the Zhair district of Kandahar province searched several compounds and patrolled the village of Singesar and the surrounding area to talk to people and disrupt the Taliban operations closer to the main highway from Kandahar to Helmand province. Singesar is a Taliban stronghold and the traditional homeland of Taliban leader Mullah Omar. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar026.jpg A Tough Fight with the Taliban in Marjah The Marines have been unable to get control of the Marjah District in Afghanistan, where the Taliban insurgency is thriving with support from Pakistan and revenues from opium trade in the region. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01102013_Becherer_Afghanwar029.jpg War in Afghanistan American soldiers watches as a villager who lost his house after the Americans dropped bombs on it the night before sheds tears. The villager alerted the Americans to the fact that the Taliban where holed up in his home. The Americans then bombed the home the following night. The man now was asking for compensation as everything he owned was destroyed in the attack. He now lives outside of town in a tent and was asking for food and clothing for this children. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/BechererPortfolio003.jpg Afghanistan: The Longest War | Max Becherer-Visual Journalist/Photo Editor View Afghanistan: The Longest War by Max Becherer-Visual Journalist/Photo Editor. https://maxbecherer.com/home 2026-06-24 monthly 0.8 https://maxbecherer.com/the-dark-days-iraq 2026-06-24 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark001.jpg Iraq War A couple crosses a Sadr City street which is being watched by two U.S. tanks the day after a peace deal was made between Muqtada al-Sadr and Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani in Najaf. Battles between Shiite militants and U.S. forces in Sadr City left three dead and 25 injured on Saturday. August 28, 2004- Sadr City, Iraq https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark002.jpg Iraq War A member of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mehdi Army fires a rocket propelled grenade at a U.S. Army tank, which has taken up position on the south side of Sadr City. Clashes between the Mehdi Army and the U.S. military continued today in Sadr City as maneuvers were being made to end the standoff in Najaf between al-Sadr and the new Iraqi government. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark003.jpg Iraq War Iraqis dance on top of at U.S. Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle that was left burning on Baghdad’s Haifa Street in the morning hours of Sunday Sept. 12. After a U.S. patrol of about six U.S. armored vehicle left the area, residents clamored on the vehicle and threw rocks at it even as the ordinance inside were exploding. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark004.jpg Iraq War In front of a wall painted with the message, "Vietnam Street: We'll make your graves in this place.." thousands of Shia men participate in midday prayers around the streets of Moqtada al-Sadr’s al Hekma Mosque. Sheikh Nasr al Sadr gave the sermon, which complained that the Allawi government and the U.S. were breaking the peace agreement that was signed in Najaf by storming a religious school in Najaf and disrespecting al-Sadr clerics. His sermon went on to list several other grievances but only hinted at any retaliation for these issues. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark005.jpg Iraq War U.S. soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 14th Regiment, Alpha Company, who are attached to the 1st Infantry Division, advance past the bodies of insurgents killed during the attack to take back Samarra from insurgent control. The operation circled the city of Samarra with four battalions. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark006.jpg Iraq War U.S. soldiers, with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, question a man charged with being part of a mortar and improvised explosive device team in the Islah Zeral neighborhood of Mosul. U.S. and Iraqi Army forces raided his home and detained four other men after receiving a tip from Iraqi Army intelligence that the men in the home were part of a skilled mortar and IED making team. The soldiers hoped that the detained men would lead them to their mortars, but they did not. The men were taken into Iraqi Army custody and then later released to U.S. custody. One of the men detained was a master sergeant in Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard, trained as a mortar man. A Mosul police station, called Four West, had received forty to fifty well-targeted rounds in the last few months by this team of men. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark007.jpg Iraq War Corporal Scott Horton pats down a prisoner to take him to a family visitation session at Camp Redemption in the Abu Ghraib prison complex. Once detainees greet their visitors, the U.S. solders will take a digital photo of them together and hand them the images before they leave. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark008.jpg Iraq War Detainees pray, as dawn breaks over the level-one detention area of Camp Redemption at the Abu Ghraib prison complex. The camp has level one to four detention levels with the level-one camp housing the best-behaved prisoners. This camp was built after the prisoner abuse scandal made the prison infamous. The U.S. released the buildings where the abuse took place to the control of the Iraqis and now runs its operations in this new camp. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark009.jpg Iraq War Crowds help to pull the body of a person killed in a car bomb in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, which killed at least four people and wounded about 15 others. The crowd carried the body down the street to emergency vehicles yelling "Allah Akbar!" which means "God is great!" The car bomb exploded across the street from the Shiite Abdul Rassul Ali Mosque. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark010.jpg Iraq War The light from a Marine's rifle illuminates a man he shot during house to house fighting in Fallujah, Iraq. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark011.jpg Iraq War Marines help Lance Corporal Enrique Mayer who was shot in the leg after being ambushed by insurgents. After fleeing the ambush Mayer found shelter in the home behind him. Mayer lay bleeding as the firefight raged. After the insurgents were killed Mayer was lifted out of the house when he became dizzy because of his blood loss and fell on his fellow Marines. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDark012.jpg Iraq War Yarmuk Hospital, Baghdad’s second largest hospital, treats children injured from unexploded ordinance, men shot during fights with looters and other serious cases. Bleeding wounds are controlled and critical patients are stabilized until the hospital’s single functioning operating room is available. Due to 12 years of United Nations sanctions, the hospital lacks basic equipment like heart monitoring devices and backup generators. https://maxbecherer.com/iraq-rebuilding 2026-06-24 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn001.jpg A crane worker stands on top of a blast wall while helping to move it to open al Kifah Street and the border between the Sunni and Shia parts of the Fadhil neighborhood of Baghdad. The Fadhil neighborhood was a center of sectarian and militia activity but security has improved in the neighborhood enough to take down the blast wall on the main street that is traditionally a shopping area for basic industrial goods. Members of the Sunni and Shiite Awakening councils, Iraqi military and U.S. Army came together after iftar, the meal breaking the fast during the month of Ramadan, to celebrate the event. A crane worker stands on top of a blast wall while helping to move it to open al Kifah Street and the border between the Sunni and Shia parts of the Fadhil neighborhood of Baghdad. The Fadhil neighborhood was a center of sectarian and militia activity but security has improved in the neighborhood enough to take down the blast wall on the main street that is traditionally a shopping area for basic industrial goods. Members of the Sunni and Shiite Awakening councils, Iraqi military and U.S. Army came together after iftar, the meal breaking the fast during the month of Ramadan, to celebrate the event. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn002.jpg Dressed in their holiday best, Iraqis enjoy Abu Nuwas Park along the Tigris River in Baghdad during Eid Al-Fitr on October 3, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. Because of the improved security situation, Iraqis in large numbers were able to celebrate the Eid Al-Fitr holiday with family picnics and walks along the riverfront situated opposite the American Embassy and Iraqi government compound know as the Green Zone in Baghdad. Eid Al-Fitr marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Dressed in their holiday best, Iraqis enjoy Abu Nuwas Park along the Tigris River in Baghdad during Eid Al-Fitr on October 3, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. Because of the improved security situation, Iraqis in large numbers were able to celebrate the Eid Al-Fitr holiday with family picnics and walks along the riverfront situated opposite the American Embassy and Iraqi government compound know as the Green Zone in Baghdad. Eid Al-Fitr marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn003.jpg The crown jewel of the al Moosawi Mosque is this massive handmade, one and a quarter ton, crystal chandelier that was paid for and built by members of the mosque. Abdul Redha al Moosawi, right, who represents the al Moosawi Group, gives a tour to attorney, Dr. Florian Amereller, left, and General Manager Wolf-Michael Baeume of MDC, center in background, at the al Moosawi Mosque. The al Moosawi Group, a Shiite tribal congregation that has succeeded in maintaining successful businesses by staying out of politics during the ravaging civil war in Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion, represents 16 different businesses that include a hospital, real estate, and oil services companies. German attorney, Dr. Florian Amereller, and experienced General Manager Wolf-Michael Baeume are partners with Iraqi businessman Johny Paulus in the MDC Iraq Development Company GmbH. The newly minted partnership is the one of the first forays back into Iraq’s business market after the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The company is working with the German government’s liaison office for Industry and Commerce who operates out of a room in MDC’s office. The focus of the business is on serving the oil and gas, electricity, water, medical and construction needs of Iraq with high quality German products and experience. The crown jewel of the al Moosawi Mosque is this massive handmade, one and a quarter ton, crystal chandelier that was paid for and built by members of the mosque. Abdul Redha al Moosawi, right, who represents the al Moosawi Group, gives a tour to attorney, Dr. Florian Amereller, left, and General Manager Wolf-Michael Baeume of MDC, center in background, at the al Moosawi Mosque. The al Moosawi Group, a Shiite tribal congregation that has succeeded in maintaining successful businesses by staying out of politics during the ravaging civil war in Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion, represents 16 different businesses that include a hospital, real estate, and oil services companies. German attorney, Dr. Florian Amereller, and experienced General Manager Wolf-Michael Baeume are partners with Iraqi businessman Johny Paulus in the MDC Iraq Development Company GmbH. The newly minted partnership is the one of the first forays back into Iraq’s business market after the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The company is working with the German government’s liaison office for Industry and Commerce who operates out of a room in MDC’s office. The focus of the business is on serving the oil and gas, electricity, water, medical and construction needs of Iraq with high quality German products and experience. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn004.jpg People are reflected in a mirror of a roadside sunglasses vendor at Sulaymaniyah’s main market in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region. More merchandise is available for sale in Iraq’s Kurdish region since its border with Turkey provides a safe entry to the area. As the rest of Iraq struggles with sectarian killings and an insurgency, the mostly homogenous Kurdish north prospers and benefits from reconstruction projects. Since the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, the Kurds have sought to have an autonomous country, and still today many Kurds express their desire to make themselves independent from the troubles of greater Iraq. People are reflected in a mirror of a roadside sunglasses vendor at Sulaymaniyah’s main market in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region. More merchandise is available for sale in Iraq’s Kurdish region since its border with Turkey provides a safe entry to the area. As the rest of Iraq struggles with sectarian killings and an insurgency, the mostly homogenous Kurdish north prospers and benefits from reconstruction projects. Since the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, the Kurds have sought to have an autonomous country, and still today many Kurds express their desire to make themselves independent from the troubles of greater Iraq. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn005.jpg Empty Coke bottles sit on a break table next to a table of Iraqi dinars in the bank vault at the Iraq Middle East Investment Bank on Monday July 10, 2006. The rate of inflation in Iraq was recorded at 3.60 percent in 2012. That's progress compared to the all-time high of 17.2 percent reached in August of 2006. Empty Coke bottles sit on a break table next to a table of Iraqi dinars in the bank vault at the Iraq Middle East Investment Bank on Monday July 10, 2006. The rate of inflation in Iraq was recorded at 3.60 percent in 2012. That's progress compared to the all-time high of 17.2 percent reached in August of 2006. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn006.jpg Kris Murthi, a project manager for Kellogg Brown and Root, explains the operation of a South Oil Company gas oil separation plant where crude oil is piped from wells in the South Ramallah oil fields. In 2012 Iraq became one of the premier producers in OPEC with production reaching 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. Iraq sits on the world's third largest known oil reserves. Kris Murthi, a project manager for Kellogg Brown and Root, explains the operation of a South Oil Company gas oil separation plant where crude oil is piped from wells in the South Ramallah oil fields. In 2012 Iraq became one of the premier producers in OPEC with production reaching 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. Iraq sits on the world's third largest known oil reserves. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn007.jpg Iraqi Policeman Mohammad Nassir stands guard under one of the main bridges leading into the city of Nasiriyah over the Euphrates River. The bridges were key to attacking American forces in order to get their heavy tanks and armor over the river. Nassir was a child when the Americans first came in but he remembers seeing the Americans attacking several of the houses near the bridge on March 23, 2003. He now works as an Iraq Policeman guarding the bridge and watching for suicide bombers entering the city. Iraqi Policeman Mohammad Nassir stands guard under one of the main bridges leading into the city of Nasiriyah over the Euphrates River. The bridges were key to attacking American forces in order to get their heavy tanks and armor over the river. Nassir was a child when the Americans first came in but he remembers seeing the Americans attacking several of the houses near the bridge on March 23, 2003. He now works as an Iraq Policeman guarding the bridge and watching for suicide bombers entering the city. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn008.jpg A women kisses a child as the family departs a polling site of the provincial elections in the city of Baquba on January 1, 2009. Iraq will hold provincial elections in April 2013 in all provinces except for the disputed oil rich city of Kirkuk. Iraq's government has continued to lead the country after the American departure although discontent and protests are on the rise. A women kisses a child as the family departs a polling site of the provincial elections in the city of Baquba on January 1, 2009. Iraq will hold provincial elections in April 2013 in all provinces except for the disputed oil rich city of Kirkuk. Iraq's government has continued to lead the country after the American departure although discontent and protests are on the rise. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn009.jpg Shiite worshipers perform the evening prayer at the holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq on Thursday January 6, 2010. In 2004 Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army took over the shrine and fought American forces in the city in a bloody battle. Residents of the city have mixed feelings about al-Sadr's return. Anti-American cleric al-Sadr led Shiite resistance fighters against the American-led forces in several bloody battles before fleeing into exile in Iran over four years ago. His return to Iraq is being welcomed by his supporters. Shiite worshipers perform the evening prayer at the holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq on Thursday January 6, 2010. In 2004 Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army took over the shrine and fought American forces in the city in a bloody battle. Residents of the city have mixed feelings about al-Sadr's return. Anti-American cleric al-Sadr led Shiite resistance fighters against the American-led forces in several bloody battles before fleeing into exile in Iran over four years ago. His return to Iraq is being welcomed by his supporters. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn010.jpg People find protection from the 100-degree heat as they watch over 70,000 unarmed men loyal to the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr march in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, on Thursday May 26, 2011. People find protection from the 100-degree heat as they watch over 70,000 unarmed men loyal to the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr march in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, on Thursday May 26, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/50aa5e49ea29f/images/01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn011.jpg Mohammed Qusai, left, gets instructions from his father on how to operate the buttons on a coin operated helicopter ride at the tent market in downtown Basra, Iraq on August 21, 2010. Helicopters have been a constant reminder of war for Iraqis as Saddam Hussein used them under the treaty of the 1991 Gulf War and terrorized Shiite resistance fighters who rose up during the Gulf War thinking the Americans would overthrow Saddam. Since 2003 American and British helicopters have been the main transportation of foreign soldiers around the country because the roads proved too dangerous. The current Iraqi Air Force has around 150 helicopters and plans to buy American made F-16 fighter jets. Mohammed Qusai, left, gets instructions from his father on how to operate the buttons on a coin operated helicopter ride at the tent market in downtown Basra, Iraq on August 21, 2010. Helicopters have been a constant reminder of war for Iraqis as Saddam Hussein used them under the treaty of the 1991 Gulf War and terrorized Shiite resistance fighters who rose up during the Gulf War thinking the Americans would overthrow Saddam. Since 2003 American and British helicopters have been the main transportation of foreign soldiers around the country because the roads proved too dangerous. 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