A view of renovations at the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra) supported by the UNESCO, in the old town of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, on Feb. 23, 2022. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (center) is briefed about the newly renovated National Museum, March 6, 2022. (Photo: Media Office of Iraqi Prime Minister/Handout)
Joseph Elias Yalda, director of the Heritage Museum of al-Qosh, points to old photographs depicting the Prophet Nahum synagogue, Feb. 3, 2022. (Photo: Ismael Adnan/AFP)
The Great Ziggurat temple in the ancient city of Ur in the southern province of Dhi Qar, around 375 kilometres southeast of the capital Baghdad (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)