Iraqi Capital Sees First Snowfall in Over a Decade

It was a rare moment of respite during which residents took selfies and children played in parks, lobbing snowballs before the fluffy flakes disappeared and the white cover dissolved into grey puddles.

Though snow is common in the mountainous northern region of Iraq, it’s very rare in Baghdad. The last time the city saw snow was in 2008, but that was a quick, slushy snow. Tuesday’s snow was the first that stuck since 1914.