SAMARRA: An outbreak of bird flu has killed tens of thousands of hens in a rural province north of Iraq’s capital, decimating livelihoods overnight as authorities scramble to contain its spread.

Near the town of Samarra, about 100 kilometers north of Baghdad, Haytham al-Hamash’s coops have become graveyards.

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