Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani is pictured reading an official invitation letter from the UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to attend COP28 climate change conference in Dubai=, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Pr
Volkswagen ID. Buzz vehicles are parked outside the venue hosting the Geneve International Motor Show (GIMS) in Doha after crossing through 12 countries to arrive in Qatar from Geneva, Oct. 1, 2023. (Photo: Karim Jaafar/AFP)
Fish and people swim by the coral reef in the waters of the Red Sea near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, Sept. 14, 2023. (Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk looks on prior to deliver a speech at the opening of the 54th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Sept. 11, 2023. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
A view of the Dukan Dam, its emergency bell-mouth spillway (front), and the reservoir behind, in the Kurdistan Region where waters have been receding. (Photo: AFP)
A picture shows the receding waterline of the Habbaniyah lake affected by severe drought in Iraq's Anbar province, August 11, 2023. (Photo: Murtadha Ridha/AFP)
A wildfire burns a forest near a house in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Aug. 21, 2023. (Photo: Achilleas Chiras/ AP)
A view of the ice caps of the Sakran Mountains in the Choman District, whose ice has melted and diminished in size over the past few decades. (Photo: AP)
