Women walk past a man praying on the sidewalk in downtown of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A woman plays with a monkey as she walks past cages with birds for sale in a street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A dog walks past cargo containers at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Workers stand in an area at a degassing station in Zubair oil field, whose operations have being reduced due to the Mideast war triggered by the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, near Basra, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A family arrives from a boat trip on the Shatt al-Arab River, in Basra, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People who arrived from Iran wait in line prior to having their belongings checked by a sniffer dog as they cross the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq, near Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
An Iraqi border police officer checks the passport of a man arriving from Iran as he crosses the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq, near Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Women sit alongside the Shatt al-Arab River, on the corniche of Basra, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Workers offload cargo of rice from a feeder vessel into trucks at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Motorcycles that belong to port workers are parked in an area at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A street vendor prepares fruit juice at his stand in a street market at dusk in Basra, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People who arrived from Iran cross the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq, near Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
An image depicting Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, who is revered by Muslims particularly Shiite sect, is displayed on the windshield of a truck as dockworkers unload cargo containers at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Carrying her belongings a woman crosses the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq, near Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A worker pulls a hose as he works at a degassing station in Zubair oil field, whose operations have being reduced due to the Mideast war triggered by the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, near Basra, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Dockworkers unload cargo containers into trucks at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Carrying their belongings, people who arrived from Iran cross the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq, near Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Workers walk in an area at a degassing station in Zubair oil field, whose operations have being reduced due to the Mideast war triggered by the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, near Basra, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People who arrived from Iran cross the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq, near Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
An Iraqi border police officer checks the passports of people arriving from Iran as they cross the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq, near Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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9:52 AM on Sunday, March 29
By LEO CORREA
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — In Basra, southern Iraq, daily routines go on under the weight of the Iran war, as workers unload cargo at Umm Qasr Port and operations slow at the nearby Zubair oil field. At the Shalamcheh border crossing, mostly Iranian travelers pass into Iraq under tighter security, offering a glimpse of life along the frontier during the conflict.
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