A worker at a rice mill in Iraq's central province of Najaf, where water shortages mean a drastic reduction in the amount that can be cultivated (Photo: Qassem al-Kaabi/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)
Iraqi and Kurdistan Region security and intelligence officials walk alongside each other in the counter terrorism headquarters in Baghdad, May 9, 2022. (Photo: Handout/ICST)
A member of a veterinary team talks to farmers during a cattle disinfection campaign in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, on May 7, 2022. (Photo: Shwan Nawzad/AFP)
