Droughts
An aerial view shows the spiral Malwiya minaret, a mid-ninth century treasured Iraqi national monument. (Photo: AFP)
An Iraqi environmentalist measures water in Iraq’s drying Hawizeh Marshes, near Iran’s border, on April 25, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
This aerial view shows a drying marsh in Chibayish in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on July 5, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
A local youth holds a dried buffalo skull in the parched Chibayish marshes, Dhi Qar province, June 25, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
The Abu Lehya, where drought has caused water levels to plummet, in Dhi Qar province in March. (Photo: AFP)
A dead fish lies on the cracking earth of a dry marsh in Chibayish in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province, July 5, 2023. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)