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In this Wednesday, January 18, 2017 file photo, Ibrahim Othman, 15, tends to his family's pigeons on the roof of his house, in a neighborhood recently liberated from Islamic State militants, in eastern Mosul, Iraq. For the first time in over two years, flocks of white and grey pigeons can be seen circling Mosul’s rooftops. Among the many strict rules imposed by the Islamic State group in the northern Iraqi city was a ban on breeding or flying the birds. Many Mosul residents killed off their flocks or confined them to cages, but Ibrahim and his brother, Mustafa couldn’t bring himself to do it. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)
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