An aerial picture shows agricultural land surrounding effluents of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on June 12, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
An Iraqi dives into the waters of the Tigris river in Baghdad on July 12, 2023, as temperatures soared past 45 degrees Celsius. (Photo: Ahmed AL-Rubay/ AFP)
The sun sets over the Shatt al-Arab waterway, formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Oct. 30, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)
