Iraqi girls take part in a training session at the Bartalla sports club, in Bartalla town east of the city of Mosul in the northern province of Nineveh, Oct. 21, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Artists perform during the launching ceremony of Babel International Festival, at the archaeological site of ancient Babylon, Oct. 28, 2021. (Sabah Arar/AFP)
Academics, government officials, civil society members discussing water pollution and management in Iraq and Kurdistan Region, Oct. 28, 2021. (Photo: Clean Tigris/KRG)
Mourners in southern province of Najaf surround the caskets of victims of yesterday's attack on the village of Al-Rashad in Iraq's eastern Diyala province, Oct. 27, 2021. (Photo: Ali Najafi/AFP)
A medical technician analyzes samples from COVID-19 patients at a hospital in the Kurdistan Region’s northern city of Duhok, July 27, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
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