Firefighters undertaking search and rescue mission at a private residence in Erbil following IRGC ballistic missile attacks that killed at least four civilians, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo: Azar Farooq/Kurdistan24)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met with the Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Hans Sandee, Baghdad, Jan. 15, 2024 (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office).
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 14, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Iraqi High Election Commission staff meet in the election hall for the first provincial council elections in a decade, at a polling station in Baghdad's Sadr City, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Ambassador of Finland to Iraq Anu Saarela in Erbil, Jan. 14, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with South Korean Consul General in Erbil Seungcheol Lim, Jan. 14, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (left) during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) standing for a moment-of-silence in Baghdad along with Prime Minister Mohammad Shia' Al-Sudani, Jan. 13. 2024. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
People wait in line to cast their ballots and vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Taipei, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP)