An Iraqi youth bathes in a sulphur pond in the Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Mosul, on April 1, 2017. (Photo: AFP)
This aerial view taken on June 13, 2021, shows human remains, reportedly of victims of the 2014 Badush prison massacre committed by the Islamic State (IS) group. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Iraqis sit at a popular cafe overlooking the old city of Mosul on September 2, 2024, seven years after the Islamist State (IS) group was ousted from the northern Iraqi city. (Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
This picture taken on Nov. 29, 2021 shows an aerial view of a sweeper using a metal-detector to search for landmines near the village of Hassan-Jalad, north of Iraq's city of Mosul. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
US Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with the Iraqi army, south of Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (Photo: Khalid Mohammed/ AP)
Mourners attend the funeral of victims who were killed when a fire ripped through a crowded wedding hall in the mainly Christian northern city of Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniyah, Sept. 27, 2023. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
