IN PICTURES: Fleeing Ramadi to one of Baghdad's frontiers

Iraqi children flash the sign of victory at a camp housing displaced families on 18 May 2015 in Bzeibez (AFP)

Iraqi security forces stand guard as residents from the city of Ramadi wait to cross Bzeibez bridge on 20 May 2015 (AFP)

An Iraqi girl looks on outside a tent at a camp housing displaced families on 18 May 2015 in Bzeibez (AFP)

Iraqi families gather outside tents at a camp housing displaced families in Bzeibez (AFP)

Iraqi residents who fled Ramadi wait to cross the Bzeibez bridge into Baghdad (AFP)

An Iraqi family who fled from their city of Ramadi on 16 May 2015 make their way to Bzeibez (AFP)

Iraqis gather inside a tent at a camp housing displaced families on 18 May 2015 in Bzeibez (AFP)

An Iraqi boy carries a jerrycan of water at a camp housing displaced families on 18 May 2015 in Bzeibez (AFP)

A picture of the tents housing families who fled the city of Ramadi after it was seized by Islamic State (IS) group militants in Bzeibez (AFP)

Families wait to cross Bzeibez bridge, on the southwestern frontier of Baghdad, on 20 May 2015 (AFP)

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