An Iraqi man connects overhead cables providing generator electricity to homes and businesses who can afford it in Sadr City, east of the capital Baghdad, on July 2, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye)
The KRG Electricity Minister Kamal Mohammad Salih (right) is pictured during his meeting with UAE envoy to Kurdistan Region Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Dahri (left) in Erbil, July 29, 2021. (Photo: Ministry of electricity/Facebook)
Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Begard Talabani and Dutch Consul-General Hans Akerboom (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24)
A Syrian man displays bread and traditional sweets for sale in Damascus' Midan neighborhood as people shop prior to breaking their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on June 21, 2016. (Photo: Louai Beshara / AFP)
A technician controls an electric switch board connecting homes to privately-owned electricity generators in a suburb of Iraq's capital Baghdad, June 30, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)