An Iraqi woman walks past a billboard bearing the name of Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, after a fire erupted in the medical facility reserved for the most severe COVID-19 cases, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)
Mourners chant slogans as they march in a funerary procession for renowned Iraqi activist Ihab al-Wazni in the Iraqi city of Karbala, May 9, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
Mourners gather around coffins of loved ones during a mass funeral for Yezidi (Ezidi) victims of ISIS in Sinjar (Shingal) district’s village of Kojo, Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Mourners attend the funeral of assassinated Iraqi anti-government activist Ihab al-Wazni (Ehab al-Ouazni) at the Imam Hussein Shrine in the central holy shrine city of Karbala on May 9, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf / AFP)
Iraqi protesters burn tyres in front of the Karbala governorate headquarters in the central city of Karbala, following the assassination Ihab al-Wazni, May 9, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf / AFP)
A follower of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr holds a picture of him while waiting with others to receive a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, May 4, 2021. (Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP)
Dozens of rotting fish float on the surface of polluted Iraqi marshes in the southern district of Chibayish, April 14, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niazi / AFP)