Aerial view of the dried-up marshes of Chibayish, June 23, 2023 in southern Iraq. (Photo: AFP/Asaad NIAZI) Iraq Iraq faces alarming loss of 100,000 dunams annually to climate change, desertification
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) Iraq Iraqi date farmers fight drought to protect national treasure
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An Iraqi marshland in Dhi Qar province. (Photo: Kurdistan24) Iraq Iraq faces severe environmental crisis: livestock and fish populations in peril due to water shortages
A fisherman walks across a dry patch of land in the marshes in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2022. (Photo: AP) Iraq Iraqis protest over summer blackouts and water shortages
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) Iraq Massive demonstration in al-Budayr district demands essential services amid drought
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An Iraqi dives into the waters of the Tigris river in Baghdad on July 12, 2023, as temperatures soared past 45 degrees Celsius. (Photo: Ahmed AL-Rubay/ AFP) Iraq Iraqis beat summer heat by swimming in shrinking Tigris river
Erbil's water treatment plants known as Ifraz. (Photo: Su Yapi Co.) Kurdistan Erbil eyes Saudi funds for a water treatment project, says governor
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Water buffalo herders in the marshes of Chibayish feed their animals after back to back drought severely reduced available food stocks in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, on Nov. 19, 2022. (Photo: Anmar Khalil/ AP) Iraq Iraqi PM promises action to tackle crippling climate change