A number of men hold lit torches as they climb on a mountain in the Kurdistan Region Akre town on the eve of Kurdish New Year Newroz, March 20, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo in Baghouz, Syria, after the SDF declared the area free of Islamic State militants. (Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/ AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about US policy towards China during an event hosted by the Asia Society Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2022 (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
UNAMI head Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Wednesday spoke at the 7th Sulaimani Forum at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) (Photo: UNAMI)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani is pictured during a Q&A interview on the KRG's newly launched My Account initiative, which is a financial inclusion program. (Photo: KRG)