Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, the Head of the European Union’s Election Observation Mission, during a press conference in Erbil on Sept. 18, 2021. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan/Kurdistan 24)
Viola von Cramon (center), the Chief Observer from EU to Iraqi elections, is pictured during a launching press conference in Baghdad, Sept. 16, 2021. (Photo: German Embassy Iraq/Twitter))
An amputee uses crutches to walk in a debris-strewn street in the old neighborhood of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Nov. 7, 2018. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Afghans, from the Hazara ethnic minority studying at the prestigious "hawza" seminary that trains Shiite clergy, pray in their room in the holy city of Najaf, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo: Ali Najafi/AFP)
