A man prays at Imam Abbas shrine during the holy month of Ramadan in Kerbala, Iraq, April 22, 2021. (Photo by Abdullah Dhiaa Al-deen/Reuters)





An Iraqi man sells food at the Shorja market in central Baghdad on April 12, 2021 ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan after the easing of the curfew imposed by authorities amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)





A view of Valley of Peace (Wadi-al-Salaam), hosts 6 million graves in 6 kilometers square, is seen in Najaf, Iraq on March 27, 2021. In the valley, where some tombs are arranged as houses, some look like a cupola and others look like miniature mosques. (Photo by Karar Essa/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Women participate in efforts to clear landmines in Basra, Iraq on March 27, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Aty/Reuters)





A rescue worker works at the scene of an explosion at a crowded outdoor used furniture market in Sadr City area, Iraq, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The powerful explosion rocked the market in east Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring many others, according to Iraq's military. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)





A man inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Wissam al-Okili/Reuters)





Iraqi women ride bicycles during a cycling activity in Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Khalid al-Mousily/Reuters)





Iraqi cyclists pose next to their bikes before taking part in the first all female Mosul cycling race, Mosul, Iraq, 12 April 2021. Some 35 female riders from all over the Nineveh Province, with ages ranging from 15 to 30 years old, took part in a first race of its kind through the streets of the damaged old City of Mosul on 12 April. The event's starting point was the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, a famous landmark that became even more known after being the location of IS leader speech announcing self-declared Caliphate, when IS controlled Mosul. The race was organized by a section of the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports and an Italian NGO "UPP" (Un Ponte Per-A bridge for) which promotes solidarity initiatives in favor of Iraqi people who suffered from the conflict as well German Cooperation and other organizations. The event ended with medals to all participants and aims at helping initiate attitude change in a generally conservative Iraqi society, about female usage of bicycles and to bring attention to the need of more reconstruction efforts in the war torn city of Mosul especially its old parts which were the theater of fierce fighting to drive out IS fighters from the town. (Photo by Omar Alhayali/EPA/EFE)





Women take a selfie next to a crescent, ahead of Ramadan, in Najaf, Iraq, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Men look through binoculars to view the moon ahead of Ramadan in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on April 12, 2021. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





People gather to have their Iftar (breaking fast) meals during Ramadan, in Mosul, Iraq, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters)





A woman reads the Koran in a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Najaf, Iraq, April 20, 2021. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





A man using his cellphone prays in a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Najaf, Iraq, April 20, 2021. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Women sit at Imam Abbas shrine during the holy month of Ramadan in Kerbala, Iraq, April 22, 2021. (Photo by Abdullah Dhiaa Al-deen/Reuters)





People and medical staff members walk at Ibn Khatib hospital after a fire caused by an oxygen tank explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, April 25, 2021. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





Mourners pray near the coffins of coronavirus patients who were killed in a hospital fire, during their funeral at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that over 80 people died and over 100 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients in the early morning Sunday. (Photo by Anmar Khalil/AP Photo)





Mourners carry the coffin of a man, who was killed in a fire at a hospital that had been equipped to house coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, before burial at a cemetery in Baghdad, Iraq, April 25, 2021. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





A man prays during the blessed month of Ramadan at Al-Qasim Mosque amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hilla, Iraq, April 24, 2021. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Women read the Quran at Al-Qasim Mosque amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during the blessed month of Ramadan in Hilla, Iraq, April 24, 2021. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





A picture taken on April 27, 2021, shows the electrical wires running between homes in the capital Baghdad's Murabaa neighbourhood. Between January and March alone, the interior ministry recorded 7,000 fires, the deadliest of which erupted on Sunday in a Covid-19 hospital in Baghdad. Eighty-two people died and 100 others were injured in the inferno, which sparked shock and outrage in the country. Baghdad, a sprawling metropolis of 10 million people, has the tragic distinction of being the Iraqi city hit by the most fires every year. (Photo by Sabah Arar/AFP Photo)