Iraqi police fire a water cannon to disperse protesters during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment. (Photo: AFP)
The demonstration against underage marriage in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on August 8, 2024, amid parliamentary discussions over a proposed amendment to the Iraqi Personal Status Law. (Photo: AFP)
Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) paramilitaries patrols an area of the the Baaj desert in Iraq's northern Nineveh province, near the Syrian border. (Photo: AFP)
The irrigation channel in the district of Dawwayeh is dry due to low water levels as a result of back to back drought and severe cuts by the Iraqi government. (Photo: AP)
A fisherman sits in a boat along the Shatt al-Arab waterway on a foggy morning in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)