A photo posted on social media purports to show family members grieving those killed by Islamic State militants south of the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Friday morning. (Photo: Social Media)
Jasb Hattab Aboud, father of the kidnapped protester Ali Jasb, cries as he holds his son's picture in his home in the town of Amara,Iraq. Aboud was shot to death Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo: AP)
Photos shared on Iraqi social media show plants used to beautify Mosul for Pope Francis' visit (left) and the aftermath (right) following his departure. (Photos: Social Media/@bint_mousl)
A nun makes the sign of the cross while praying as she awaits the arrival of Pope Francis at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 7, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)
Pope Francis (R), looks on at a square near the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the old city of Iraq's northern Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Pope Francis is received at the House of Abraham in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, March 6, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)
Pope Francis speaks with Iraqi religious figures during an interfaith service in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, March 6, 2021. (Photo: Vatican Media)