Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn posters depicting an LGBTQ+ flag during a protest in Karbala, Iraq, June 29, 2023, sparked by the burning of a Quran in Sweden (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP/GETTY)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minster Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with First Iraqi parliament Deputy Mohsen al-Mandalawi, May 2, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Iraqi protesters fill the Parliament building in Baghdad, July 30, 2022 as thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached the building for the second time in a week (Photo: Anmar Khalil/AP)