US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about US policy towards China during an event hosted by the Asia Society Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2022 (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
A man walks past collapsed buildings following a devastating earthquake in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (Photo: Ghaith Alsayed/ AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (center) applauding during the groundbreaking ceremony of the first-ever British International University Erbil, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
An Iraqi boy sells cotton candy by the Shatt Al-Arab River in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Nov. 14, 2020 (Photo: HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)