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The Brink of Freedom: How Masoud Barzani took Kurdistan to the edge of independence by Davan Yahya Khalil, the 2021 annual Best Indie Book Award (BIBA) Biography winner. (Photo: BIBA website)
Iraqi migrants who were flown home from the Belarusian capital Minsk arrive at Erbil International Airport, Nov. 26, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
New Year's celebration in Erbil's citadel, Dec. 31, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Road project in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
New Year's celebration in Erbil's citadel, Dec. 31, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A Peshmerga fighter stands guard at an outpost near territories disputed between the KRG and Iraqi government. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Supporters and members of the Popular Mobilization Forces chant slogans in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani. (Photo: Kurdistan Presidency)
President Masoud Barzani during a press conference. (Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP)
Screenshot from the surveillance footage shared with Kurdistan 24.
Veterinarian Soleiman Tamr, head of the Kurdistan Organization for Animal Rights Protection (KOARP), conducts a hind leg amputation surgery on a leopard at the Duhok Zoo, Dec. 31, 2021. (Photo: Ismael Adnan/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. (Photo: KRG)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi chairs a cabinet meeting in Baghdad on Dec. 30, 2021. (Photo: Kadhimi's Media Office)
The captured leopard being put in a cage at Duhok Zoo, Dec. 30, 2021. (Photo: Satar Ahmed/Kurdistan 24)
Mustafa and his grandchildren (Photo: Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images agency).
Mohammed Shukri, Head of Kurdistan Region’s Investment Board. (Photo: KRG Board of Investment)