This aerial view shows a man removing trash from a submerged peach field in Hanoi on September 12, 2024, as heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi brought flooding to northern Vietnam. (Photo: NHAC NGUYEN / AFP)
A college student dressed in the guise of Hindu deity Krishna, ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Chennai on August 23, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP)
Iraqi President Abdul-Latif Rashid (center) speaking at a press conference announcing the recovery of 6,000 artifacts, May 9, 2023. (Photo: Iraqi presidency)
A view of the masonry of an old structure at the Umm al-Aqarib archaeological site, frequently buried by sandstorms due to desertification, in the district of al-Rifai in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province, March 31, 2023. (Photo: Asaad Niazi
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)
