a grain combine harvester collecting wheat near Novoazovsk outside Mariupol, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine, July 31, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech at the KRG Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, June 13, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani delivers a speech in Duhok during the laying of the foundation stone for a food industry project, June 7, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
A worker at a rice mill in Iraq's central province of Najaf, where water shortages mean a drastic reduction in the amount that can be cultivated (Photo: Qassem al-Kaabi/AFP)
An aerial picture shows cattle in the shallow waters of the Shatt Al-Arab river in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, March 21, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)