Iraqis walk past Kurdish flags in central Kirkuk on the eve of an independence referendum for the autonomous region of Kurdistan, Sept. 24, 2017. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Maximilian Rasch, Germany’s charge de affairs in Baghdad, speaking at the Iraq National Mine Action Strategy, August 9, 2023. (Photo: Iraqi News Agency)
A dry fish farms in the village of Albu Mustafa in Hilla , following a crack down by the Iraqi government on unauthorised ponds in an effort to meet the country's water demands, July 6, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
The leader of Hikma (Wisdom) Movement Ammar Al-Hakim speaking at an event commemorating the 9th anniversary of Yezidi genocide in Baghdad, August 1, 2023. (Photo: Ammar Al-Hakim/Facebook)