Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in San Diego, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. hit a record $4.17 on Tuesday as the country prepares to ban Russian oil imports. (Photo: Gregory Bull/AP
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani in meeting with United States-Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) and representatives of American companies, March 8, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Impoverished Iraqi children pose for a photo with a man dressed as Santa Claus distributing gifts in the southern shrine city of Najaf. (Photo: Haidar Hamdani/AFP)