Fishermen stand in a boat as they inspect thousands of dead fish floating by the bank of the Amshan river, which draws its water from the Tigris, in Iraq's southeastern Maysan governorate on July 3, 2023. (Asaad Niazi / AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (center) laying the foundation stone of Bastora Dam in Erbil province, June 24, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani (right), during his meeting with Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Aoun Diab Abdullah, May 21, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delvering his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of the first-ever British International University in Erbil, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
5,000 trees were planted in Erbil with the help of the Dutch technology Groasis Waterboxx, a device to help to grow trees in dry areas (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24).
A fisherman paddles in the waters of Iraq's receding marshes of Hawizeh, which straddle the border with Iran, in the southeastern Maysan province, Oct. 8, 2022. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)