A 4-year-old Iraqi youngster cries as older boys play "execution" in Baghdad, where almost constant violence has warped the games children create for themselves. Another popular pastime is "militias vs. police."

Baghdad police reported, that a suicide car bomber detonated explosives in a busy commercial districtin the central Baghdad, killing 26 people and wounding 54 others.The attack took place in a book market along Mutanabi Street at 11:45 a.m.Mutanabi Street, named after a legendary 10th-century poet, once attracted Baghdad's intellectuals, who gathered at the bookshops for a lively exchange of ideas. Pieces of flesh and the remains of books were scattered everywhere.