An Iraqi investor holds his worry-beads

Baghdad, IRAQ: An Iraqi investor holds his worry-beads nervously as he looks at the changes of prices at Iraqi stock market in war-torn Baghdad, 28 June 2006. Hundreds of investors and dozens of brokers gather in the compact ground floor hall of a building on the only two days of trading for a brisk two-hour session that starts at 10 am (0700 GMT). As the session peaks, brokers literally shove each other out of the way and run to-and-fro between their clients and the floor. Most of the time it's to rub off old stock prices and write new ones on the white boards fixed on the wall, a sign that electronic trading is still far away. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP via Getty Images)