A youth poses for a picture in a landfill while searching for recyclable material for sale in Basra on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





Iraqi children play as they celebrate the first day of Eid al-Adha in the old city of Mosul, Iraq on June 28, 2023. (Photo by Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters)





Supporters of Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr burn a rainbow flag, in response to the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, during open-air Friday prayers in Basra, Iraq, Friday, June 30, 2023. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani/AP Photo)





A woman holds a copy of the Koran during a protest against a man who tore up and burned a copy of the Koran outside a mosque in the Swedish capital Stockholm, near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





The “buck moon” rises behind Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





A couple cross the Al-Shuhada'a bridge over the Tigris River as the full moon rising in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 3, 2023. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)





A dead turtle lies upside down near other dead fish by the bank of the Amshan river, which draws its water from the Tigris, in Iraq's southeastern Maysan governorate on July 3, 2023. Thousands of dead fish were found on the banks of the river in a disaster that could be linked to the consequences of a drought, prompting authorities to open an investigation. (Photo by Asaad Niazi/AFP Photo)





Fishermen's boats lie close to the drying riverbed of the Amshan river, which is fed by the Tigris, in al-Majar al-Kabir in Iraq's southeastern Maysan governorate on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Asaad Niazi/AFP Photo)





Fishermen stand in a boat as they inspect thousands of dead fish floating by the bank of the Amshan river, which draws its water from the Tigris, in Iraq's southeastern Maysan governorate on July 3, 2023. Thousands of dead fish were found on the banks of the river in a disaster that could be linked to the consequences of a drought, prompting authorities to open an investigation. (Photo by Asaad Niazi/AFP Photo)





A man shows the skeleton of a fish at a dry marsh in Chibayish, Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province, on July 5, 2023. (Photo by Asaad Niazi/AFP Photo)





A man cools off from during a heat wave under an open air shower in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July, 6, 2023. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)





A woman sprays her children with a water hose during a heat wave outside his home in the al Fadhil neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July, 6, 2023. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)





A man takes a block of ice out of an ice factory for sale in Iraq's southern city of Basra on July 8, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





Supporters of Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr burn rainbow flags, during a demonstration in Sadr City, in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)





Youths dive into the the Shatt al-Arab waterway to escape the heat in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





Youths swim in the the Shatt al-Arab waterway to escape the heat in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





A man walks past the rubble of a demolished al-Siraji Mosque in Basra, Iraq, on Monday, July 17, 2023. An official said the old mosque would be replaced with a modern, better-designed one that would not impede traffic flow. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani/AP Photo)





A boy dives in the Shatt al-Arab waterway in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, on July 17, 2023 as an extreme heatwave hits the region. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





A police officer washes his face with water as protesters gather near the Turkish Embassy during a demonstration against cutting Iraq's water supply, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 18, 2023. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)





Shiite Muslim devotees gather during the flag-changing ceremony at the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas in Iraq's central shrine city of Karbala on July 18, 2023, on the first night of the Muslim month of Muharram and the first day of the Islamic New Year. (Photo by Mohammed Sawaf/AFP Photo)