Water pollution
Sewage flows into the Diyala River east of Baghdad, deepening Iraq’s water crisis. (AFP)
An Iraqi environmentalist measures water in Iraq’s drying Hawizeh Marshes, near Iran’s border, on April 25, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
A picture shows a pipe pouring sewage into the Diyala River, east of Baghdad, on January 21, 2024. (Photo: AFP)