Resource Mismanagement

An aerial view of a stranded boat in Iraq’s drought-hit Chibayish marshes, Aug. 19, 2025. (AFP)

Iraq

Iraq's Water Reserves Hit 80-Year Low, Sparking National Emergency

The photo highlights the severe neglect and lack of essential services in al-Shatrah district. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Al-Shatrah 'Trapped' by Failed Projects and Neglect

Iraqi youths cool off in the receding Tigris amid Baghdad’s heat, July 29, 2025. (AFP)

Iraq

Iraq's Water Crisis: Upstream Damming Puts 20 Million Lives at Risk, Officials Warn

An Iraqi man fans his son at home south of Hilla on Aug. 10, 2025, amid extreme heat, water shortages, and power cuts. (AFP)

Iraq

Iraq ‘Heading Toward the Abyss,’ Citizens Blame Corruption for Power Collapse

The photo shows construction workers looking for jobs in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

Iraq

‘Disastrous’: Anger Mounts on Iraqi Highways Over Unemployment, Decay

Iraqi children sit in their home in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq as it faces drought, sandstorms, and falling river levels after decades of conflict. (AFP)

Iraq

‘Daily Ordeal’: Nasiriyah Boils in Extreme Heat with Near-Total Power Collapse

Electrical wires hang between buildings in a street in Iraq's capital Baghdad on July 13, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Baghdad Protests Erupt Over Chronic Power Outages

A neighborhood in Dhi Qar province, Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Poverty Deepens in Oil-Rich Dhi Qar as Families Struggle to Survive

The Image shows roadside fruit sellers in a Baghdad neighborhood. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Public Frustration Grows Over Iraq’s Economic Decline Amid Political Uncertainty

A neighborhood in Anbar's city of al-Fallujah. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Anbar Faces Power Crisis: Calls Grow to Match KRG’s Electricity Success

A rundown neighborhood in Basra, reflecting the city’s deepening poverty. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

In Iraq’s Oil Capital, Poverty and Pollution Prevail

Plastic waste clogs a tributary canal off the Shatt al-Arab in Basra, southern Iraq, June 4, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Basra’s Wealth Extracted, Its People Abandoned

Electrical wires run between homes in Baghdad’s Murabaa neighborhood, April 27, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

'One Hour of Electricity, Three Hours of Blackout,' Iraqi MP from Diyala

This photograph taken on January 21, 2024 shows vehicles driving under electricity wires in al-Fadiliya, east of Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq’s Energy Crisis: Corruption, Dependency, Türkiye’s Growing Role

Lake Sarsar in Anbar province. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Water crisis deepens in Anbar as half a million residents face severe shortage, poor water quality

Iraq

Historic Samarra struggles with service deficiencies, unemployment