An Iraqi girl who lost her eyes by a bomb, gets a kiss from her cousins in Baghdad

In this Saturday, March 9, 2013 photo, Shams Karim gets a kiss from her cousins in Baghdad, Iraq. It’s been more than six years since a bomb ripped away the eyes from Shams Karim, killed her mother and left the little girl, now 7, blind for life. Throughout Iraq there are tens of thousands of victims whose lives are forever scarred by the violence of war. Their wounds – and those of tens of thousands of U.S. and other foreign servicemen – may never entirely heal. <AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed>

In this Wednesday, March 13, 2013 photo, Shams Karim, 7, rides in a toy boat in Zawraa Park with her father in Baghdad, Iraq. Six years ago, a bomb ripped away the eyes from Shams, killed her mother and left the little girl, blind for life. <AP Photo/Hadi Mizban>