Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq is pictured inside Kurdistan 24 news studio during her visit to the Kurdish media network, August 17, 2021. (Photo: Biryar Bakhtiyar/Kurdistan 24)
Melanie Smart, acting UK Consul General in the Kurdistan Region gives a speech during British-sponsored Judicial Development Program for Kurdish judges, August 22, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (left) stands during a formal welcoming procession by authorities in Kuwait City, Aug. 22, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi PM office)
Police patrol alongside a steel wall at Evros river, near the village of Poros, at the Greek-Turkish border, Greece, May 21, 2021. (Photo: Giannis Papanikos/AP)
US forces assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, arrive to provide security in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/US Air Force)