Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, is locked under the rule of extremists from the Islamic State group trying to purge it of everything they see as contradicting their stark vision of Islam. A trove of photographs now housed at the Library of Congress offers a glimpse of a different Mosul – before wars, insurgency, sectarian strife and now radicals' rule. The scenes were taken in the autumn of 1932 by staff from the American Colony Photo Department during a visit to Iraq at the end of the British mandate. (Photo by AP Photo)

Two female holidaymakers relax on an unidentified beach of England, September 21, 1940, as a soldier, eyes straight ahead, stands guard at a barrier built as a defense against possible invasion by Germany. (Photo by AP Photo)

Frost covers part of the face of University of Minnesota student Daniel Dylla during a morning jog along Mississippi River Parkway Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Minneapolis. Extreme cold and record-breaking temperatures are crawling into parts of the Midwest after a powerful snowstorm pounded the region, and forecasters warn that the frigid weather could be life-threatening. (Photo by David Joles/Star Tribune via AP Photo)

A young USA fan smiles ahead of the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal football match between USA and Jamaica on July 3, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo/AFP Photo)

A person takes a photo of the skyline with the Shard building in the center, at sunset, from Greenwich Park in London, Tuesday, November 24, 2020. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire via AP Photo)

People ride on a front loader as they make their way through floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China on July 23, 2021. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

A young Iraqi shepherdess cools down buffaloes in wastewater filling the dried-up Diyala river which was a tributary of the Tigris, in the Al-Fadiliyah district east of Baghdad, on June 26, 2022. Iraq's drought reflects a decline in the level of waterways due to the lack of rain and lower flows from upstream neighboring countries Iran and Turkey. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)

Aerial view of members of social organizations camping at the Plaza de Mayo square, outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace, to demonstrate against the rising inflation in Buenos Aires on April 19, 2023. (Photo by Emiliano Lasalvia/AFP Photo)