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)
This aerial photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows a flood-affected village following heavy rains caused by Typhoon Gaemi in Zixing, in central China's Hunan province. (Photo by AFP)
A passenger plane flies underneath dark clouds illuminated by some sun rays above Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar)
This aerial photo shows a boat during low water levels at the Chibaish marshes in Nasiriyah of southern Iraq, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)
This aerial view shows youths swimming to cool off in the waters of Iraq's Euphrates river during a heatwave, in the district of al-Hindiyah east of Karbala on June 7, 2024. (Photo by Karar JABBAR / AFP)