Iraq

Edna Ledford Proctor, seated, and family decorate Ledford graves, Cochran Cemetery, Swain Co., NC, June 2, 2007. In today's second hour, host Neal Conan will talk with listeners about how they remember on Memorial Day. Karen Singer Jabbour/ hide caption

Protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday (March 11, 2011). Jonathan Blakley/NPR hide caption

Demonstrators gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square Friday, despite a curfew and security checkpoints around the square. Jonathan Blakley/NPR hide caption

Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs, right, talks to a protester at the state Capitol on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, after it was announced the demonstrators will stay another night at the Capitol. Andy Manis/AP hide caption

Protesters run as they chant anti-Iraqi government slogans during a protest in Baghdad's Tahrir Square. Hundreds of demonstrators converged on central Baghdad as part of a rally inspired by uprisings across the Middle East and dubbed the "Day of Rage." Karim Kadim/AP hide caption

Iraq security forces gather at the site of an explosion in Karbala on Thursday, as a spate of attacks killed at least 51 people, most of them Shiite pilgrims. Mohammed Sawaf/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Iraqis outside the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad, the morning after gunman attacked a worship service. Dozens were killed. SABAH ARAR/Getty hide caption