Poverty in Iraq
Iraqis search for recyclables on a garbage dump in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct 2, 2016. (Photo: AP)
A neighborhood in Dhi Qar province, Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A rundown neighborhood in Basra, reflecting the city’s deepening poverty. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Plastic waste clogs a tributary canal off the Shatt al-Arab in Basra, southern Iraq, June 4, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
An Iraqi child peddlar sells water bottles to cars driving down a street in Mosul. (Photo: AFP)
The photo shows one of the abandoned infants in Diwaniyah. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Corruption has plagued Iraq, exacerbated by the misuse of its budget. (Photo: Kurdistan24)