Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq is pictured inside Kurdistan 24 news studio during her visit to the Kurdish media network, August 17, 2021. (Photo: Biryar Bakhtiyar/Kurdistan 24)
An Iraqi man is inoculated against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a vaccination center of Kufa, northeast of Najaf, July 25, 2021. (Photo: Ali Najafi/AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi speaks to the blindfolded killer of a high-ranking local official from Karbala, Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi government)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (left) stands during a formal welcoming procession by authorities in Kuwait City, Aug. 22, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi PM office)