Members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary forces stand guard on the Iraqi side of the Mandali crossing on the border with Iran, July 11, 2020. (Photo: Thaier al-Sudani/AFP)
The rate of infection increased from 2.2 to 10 percent in Erbil, which according to health standards should not exceed 5 percent. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
The World Health Organization donated $100,000 worth of PCR test kits and other COVID-19 supplies to the Kurdistan Region in March 2021. (Photo: WHO / Twitter)
KDP leader Masoud Barzani (right) receives Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Erbil, March 24, 2021. (Photo: KDP)
Mask-clad students gather in the courtyard of their school in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region. Feb. 7, 2021. (Photo: Shwan Mohammed / AFP)
Hundreds of people carrying fiery torches climb up the Kale mountaintop, located in Akre, a town in Kurdistan Region's Duhok province popularly referred to as the capital of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg)
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