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)
The crushed track laid on its side near Duhok province after an accident with a vehicle early Saturday, July 15, 2023. (Photo: Wa'ad Abdul Rahman/Kurdistan 24)
Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (right), during his meeting with Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UNESCO, Jan. 27, 2023. (Photo: Media Office of Iraqi Prime Minister)
Alia Abdel-Razak, a woman deprived of crucial civil status documents, is pictured with 3 of her children in her home in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, Dec. 11, 2022. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
Iraqi President Latif Rasheed (first from right) reviewing the reconstruction process of war-torn Iraqi northern city of Mosul, Dec. 28, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi presidency)
An Iraqi boy sells cotton candy by the Shatt Al-Arab River in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Nov. 14, 2020 (Photo: HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
A visitor donning 3D goggles views reconstructed models of ancient artefacts destroyed during the occupation of Mosul by Islamic State (IS) group fighters, August 3, 2022. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
