A fisherman shows his catch on Iraq's receding marshes of Hawizeh, which straddle the border with Iran, in the southeastern Missan province on April 25, 2025. Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists determined to save the mythical wetlands already battered by years of drought. (Photo by Asaad Niazi/AFP Photo)
