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)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (C) alongside KRG Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Begard Talabani (R), Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw (C-L) and SENK Group CEO Abdulla Gardi (L). (Photo: Kurdistan24)
This aerial picture shows the collapsed Phong Chau bridge over the Red River in Phu Tho province on September 9, 2024, after Super Typhoon Yagi hit northern Vietnam. (Photo: AFP)
An Iraqi farmer walks near palm trees during date harvest season in a field in Janjah village in Iraq's Al-Qasim district south of Babylon on September 4, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
