Iraqi children sit in their home in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq as it faces drought, sandstorms, and falling river levels after decades of conflict. (AFP)
An aerial picture shows a general view of the site of the ancient city-state of Lagash, in Iraq's al-Shatra district of the southern Dhi Qar province, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)
Protests have taken place in the wake of an activist being handed a three-year jail term for purportedly insulting an ex-paramilitary group (Photo: Asaad NIAZI / AFP)
The Great Ziggurat temple in the ancient city of Ur in the southern province of Dhi Qar, around 375 kilometres southeast of the capital Baghdad (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)
People gather at the ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital after a massive fire overnight, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on July 13, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niaza/AFP)
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