A screenshot of a video by the outgoing UK Consul General in Erbil James Thornton posted on social media on July 2, 2021. (Photo: UK Consulate-General in Erbil)
A carved lion awaits visitors at the entrance to the Duhok National Museum in the provincial capital. The museum is working to preserve Kurdistan's local heritage. (Photo: Duhok National Museum/Facebook)
Masrour Barzani (Right) Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, with Christoph Buik, Head of the European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq EUAM, June 30, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
Screenshot from a video released by US Central Command showing airstrikes against suspected PMF militia storage facilities in as-Sikak near the Syria-Iraq border, June 27, 2021. (Photo: Jack Holt/US CENTCOM)
Kurdish writer Helen Palany has had to confront a wide array of restrictive social norms since she began writing 10 years ago. (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Goran Sabah Ghafour)
America’s newly appointed Consul General in Erbil Robert Palladino speaks to reporters in 2018 when he served as the State Department’s deputy spokesperson. (Photo: Department of State)
