"Sometimes I am thinking to leave my country," he said on a recent Wednesday in his Baghdad shop.

On a recent Wednesday, that menu did not arrive with the a la carte listings as it should have.

On a recent Wednesday there was an open blues jam.

One recent Wednesday, she had to borrow a pencil and a sharpener.

One was supposed to arrive on a recent Wednesday, but he ended up being another Briton.

On a recent Wednesday night, a thick crowd strained against the velvet rope in front of the squat, plain white building.

At 5:41 on a recent Wednesday, all but two small tables were taken, and they were filled by 5.45.

On a recent Wednesday, many boys and girls at the cafeteria tables had brought at least part of their lunches from home.

One recent Wednesday, she had a comparatively short workday, attending a class and three rehearsals over more than eight hours.

Just after 10 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, the sounds of hammers and saws filled the air.