Four-year-old Iraqi girl Haura should be enjoying her childhood -- games in the street, tearing in and out of friends' homes and small squabbles over toys. Instead, a rare congenital skin condition covering much of her upper body in black marks and hair has made her the object of ridicule in her village, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Baghdad. The black marks and hair cover Haura's shoulders and almost her entire back, along with much of her arms and neck. Her condition, a giant form of naevus -- birthmarks or moles -- make her highly vulnerable to malignant melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer. Haura, a four-year-old Iraqi girl with a rare congenital skin condition, stands in the doorway of her family home.

Source: Daily Mail May 26, 2018 01:41 UTC