A photo taken by Kurdistan24 on August 1, 2025, shows the remnants of the Qader Karam Dam in Kirkuk province, amid a severe drought affecting the region.
Villager of Thi Qar walk through a dried-up irrigation canal in southern Iraq, where prolonged drought has devastated local agriculture and forced thousands of families to abandon their villages. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
An Iraqi farmer inspects the water level near his land in Iraq's southern port city of al-Faw, 90 kilometres south of Basra near the Shatt al-Arab and the Gulf on August 17, 2020. (Photo: AFP)
A worker operates on the construction site of future energy island Princess Elizabeth Island in Vlissingen, Netherlands, on October 25, 2024. (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)