A boy looks at portraits displayed on a fence by the Social Association of Afghan Justice Seekers (SAAJS) of Afghan nationals who died in previous wars in Afghanistan, in Kabul on January 9, 2022. (Photo: Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Sadrists' parliament members coming to the first session of the Iraqi parliament wearing white fabric used to bury the dead, Jan. 9, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A Syrian woman joins a demonstration in the rebel-held town of Azaz by families desperate for information on the fate of loved ones missing in government jails. (Photo: Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative in Washington, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, (R) with Robert Palladino, the US Consul General in Erbil. (Photo: KRG)
KDP President Masoud Barzani, in a meeting with former parliament speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi, the head of the Progress Party, and Khamis al-Khanjar, the leader of the Azm Alliance, on Jan. 8, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, to head U.S. Central Command and be promoted to four-star general, according to multiple U.S. officials. (Photo: Spc. Andrea Notter/U.
a view of the Emirati-flagged vessel "Rwabee" in the Red Sea seized by Yemen's Huthi rebels and reportedly carrying Saudi military equipment, Jan. 3, 2022. (Photo: AFP Photo/Ho/Al-Huthi Group Media Office)
