Palestinian protesters stand with copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, during a demonstration outside the Swedish consulate headquarters in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, July 3, 2023. (Photo: Hazem Bader/AFP)
Muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca early, June 28, 2023. (Photo: Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP)
A cleric holds a Quran outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad for a second day of protests against a Koran burning, June 30, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al Rubaye/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with the newly-appointed Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East, Mar Georges III Younan, June 24, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Muslim pilgrims perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage, June 19, 2023. (Photo: Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP)
Muslim pilgrims perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage, June 19, 2023. (Photo: Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP)
Kurdistan Region pilgrims gathered in Iraqi southern Karbala province before departing to Saudi Arabia, June 10, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region General Directorate of Hajj and Umrah)
