Rowaida Abdul Rahman shows her science master's degree certificate while jobless graduates gather in front of the Ministry of Oil to demand jobs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 20, 2020. In the Mideast, wave after wave of war, disease and economic collapse leaves this generation feeling hopeless. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)





A member of the Shiite Imam Ali brigades militia disinfects his colleague during funerals of coronavirus victims at Wadi al-Salam cemetery near Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, July 19, 2020. A special burial ground near the Wadi al-Salam cemetery has been created specifically for COVID-19 victims since rejections of such burials have continued in Baghdad cemeteries and elsewhere in Iraq. (Photo by Anmar Khalil/AP Photo)





Passengers wearing protective masks check-in after the reopening of Baghdad International Airport, where flights halted due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 23, 2020. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





Iraqi security forces stand in front of demonstrators in anti-government protests during Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's visit, in Basra, Iraq, July 15, 2020. (Photo by Essam Al-Sudani/Reuters)





Yazidi displaced family of Nayef al-Hamo is reflected in the mirror as they prepare to leave their home in Sharya town and head back to Sinjar following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and economic crisis, near Dohuk, Iraq on July 3, 2020. (Photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters)





A demonstrator flashes the victory sign during a protest over poor public services in Baghdad, Iraq on July 27, 2020. (Photo by Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)





Iraqi children swing on swings as they celebrate the first day of Eid al-Adha, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mosul, Iraq on July 31, 2020. (Photo by Khalid al-Mousily/Reuters)





An Iraqi places a candle in front of a poster of slain Iraqi jihadism expert Hisham al-Hashemi, who was shot dead outside his house in the Iraqi capital, during a candlelight vigil in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on July 11, 2020. The killing of the 47-year-old prominent expert has stirred fears Iraq is entering a dark and violent phase, as boiling tensions between pro-Iran factions and the government reach new heights. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





An Iraqi man stands in front of security forces during a protest outside the Green Zone in the capital Baghdad on July 12, 2020 to demand a curb on paramilitary groups and restricting the use of weapons to government security forces. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)





A passenger wearing a protective face mask pushes his luggage as he leaves to Istanbul on an exceptional flight, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Baghdad International Airport, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 2, 2020. (Photo by Khalid al-Mousily/Reuters)





People cool themselves off by the cool waters of River Tigris as the temperature reaches at 50 Celcius degree and power cuts amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at Azamiya also known as Al-Adhamiyah neighbourhood in Baghdad, Iraq on July 13, 2020. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A boat sails and a man rides a jet ski along the Shatt Al-Arab river in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, on July 3, 2020. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





A man cools off from the summer heat under an open air shower in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)





An Iraqi girl wearing a protective face mask carries an oil painting as she walks to her shop, after the government partially lifted the curfew imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq on July 6, 2020. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Health officials are seen in International Fair ground, which has been temporarily turned into a hospital in fighting against coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, for patients in Baghdad, Iraq on July 18, 2020. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People cool off under an outdoor shower as the temperature soars in Baghdad, Iraq on July 28, 2020. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





An Iraqi man and a child wear protective face masks while buying clothes at a shop, in preparation for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2020. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





A boy attends Eid al-Adha prayers on the street outside Abu Hanifa mosque in Baghdad Adhamiya district, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Iraq, July 31, 2020. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





An Iraqi anti-government demonstrator washes a carpet in front of a tent in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad, on August 1, 2020. Iraq will hold its next parliamentary elections nearly a year early, the premier announced yesterday, as he seeks to make good on promises he offered when he came to power Protests began in October, with thousands taking to the streets of Baghdad and across the south Demonstrators demanded that the political system be dismantled, pointing to endemic corruption and what many see as the malign influence of sectarian interests. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Departing passengers check-in luggage at the counter at Sulaimaniya International Airport in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on August 2, 2020, as the airport resumes flight operations following the COVID-19 lockdown. (Photo by Shwan Mohammed/AFP Photo)