An Iraqi dives into the waters of the Tigris river in Baghdad on July 12, 2023, as temperatures soared past 45 degrees Celsius. (Photo: Ahmed AL-Rubay/ AFP)
Christians gathering in front of Cathedral Saint Joseph in Erbil protest an Iraqi presidential decree, July 13, 2023. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan/Kurdistan 24)
A cow looks on as a member of a medical team from Iraq's Health Ministry veterinarian department carries out a disinfection campaign against the spread of Congo haemorrhagic fever at a farm near Baghdad, May 22, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubay
A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid is seen parked after crossing the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, on July 10, 2023. (Photo: Omar Haj Kadour/ AFP)
Iraq strikes deal with Iran to secure summer gas imports Iraq depends on imports from neighbouring Iran for a third of its gas needs (Photo: Hussein Faleh AFP/File)