Summer

A man stands by fans spraying air mixed with water vapour deployed by donors to cool down pedestrians. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Kurdistan

Important summer safety instructions from Kurdistan Region’s Civil Defense

A man carries a block of ice at his stall in Iraq's southern city of Basra, June 11, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

For Iraqis a sweltering summer of 'hell' has begun

An Iraqi worker cleans the street during a severe dust storm in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 1, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraqi meteorology center sets date for end of dust storm

Electric fans spraying a mixture of water and air cool down pedestrians amid a scorching heatwave in Baghdad, June 30, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraq

Heatwave in Iraq causes mass power outages, brings local governments to standstill

Iraqi youth swim in the Shatt Al-Arab river by the port of Maqil amid a heatwave in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, June 29, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq’s south cuts government work hours as scorching summer heat hits

WATCH: In Kurdistan summer heat, youths leave water, food for birds in trees

kurdistan

WATCH: In Kurdistan summer heat, youths leave water, food for birds in trees