Silhouettes of athletes practicing Kyokushin before the sunset at Abu Nuwas Park in Baghdad, Iraq on August 09, 2020. A group of athletes gather in open-air at Abu Nuwas Park to do sports as within the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An Iraqi man disinfects a mosque on August 20, 2020 in Basra as Muslim Shiites start marking Ashura under new health guidelines to limit the risk of exposure to Covid-19 virus. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





Iraqis take part in a ceremony as part of the Islamic mourning month of Muharram in the holy city of Karbala, on September 2, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed Sawaf/AFP Photo)





Iraqi people collect recyclable garbage at a dump, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, August 26, 2020. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Shi'ite Muslims perform with fire during commemorations of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, August 29, 2020. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Anti-government protesters gather for a demonstration demanding better public services and against corruption outside the provincial council building, in Basra, Iraq, Friday, August 7, 2020. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani/AP Photo)





People cool off under a roadside shower as temperatures exceed 45°C in the capital city Baghdad, Iraq on August 08, 2020. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A worker checks a boy's body temperature at the entrance to a shopping center in Baghdad, Iraq, August 13, 2020. The Iraqi Health Ministry on Thursday recorded 3,841 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease, as the health officials warned of a higher number of infections in the coming days. (Photo by Khalil Dawood/Xinhua via Getty Images)





Iraqi Yazidis attend a candle-lit vigil in the Sharya area, some 15 kilometres from the northern city of Dohuk in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region on August 3, 2020, marking the sixth anniversary of the Islamic State (IS) group's attack on the Yazidi community in the northwestern Sinjar district. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





Iraqi students, wearing protective masks, maintain social distancing while taking their final exams amid coronavirus (COVID-19) measures in Baghdad, Iraq on September 01, 2020. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A health worker sprays disinfectant to sanitize the inside of the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during Muharram procession in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, August 29, 2020. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (Photo by Anmar Khalil/AP Photo)





Healthcare workers holding banners gather to stage a protest in front of the Health Ministry building, demanding improvement of working conditions, able to obtain their rights, enacting laws to prevent violence in health sector and labour supply, in Baghdad, Iraq on September 06, 2020. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A volunteer wearing a protective suit sprinkles disinfectant as supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers for the first time in months since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were imposed, in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraq on September 11, 2020. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





A Military music band and football fans escort the coffin of former Iraqi football star and national team player Nazem Shaker, in the poster at center, who died of COVID-19 during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, September 12, 2020. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)





A policeman inspects the car of slain activist Reham Yacoub in Basra, Iraq, Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Activist Reham Yacoub was gunned down in the southern Iraqi province of Basra on Wednesday by unidentified gunmen, a security official and human rights watcher said, marking the second such killing in the span of a week. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani/AP Photo)





Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr maintain social distancing as they attend Friday prayers for the first time in months since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were imposed, in Kufa mosque, near Najaf, Iraq on September 11, 2020. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi army honour guards wear facemasks to avoid the spread of the Covid-19 during a welcome ceremony for the French defence minister in Baghdad on August 27, 2020. Parly held talks in Baghdad today, pledging continued support for Iraq's fight against remnants of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims ride horses as they re-enact a scene from the 7th century battle of Karbala to commemorate Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, August 30, 2020. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi Shiite Muslims mourn during the reenactment of the Battle of Karbala on the tenth day of the mourning month of Muharram which marks the peak of Ashura, in the town of Suq al-Shuyoukh, in Dhi Qar province, on August 30, 2020. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





A model wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, designed by Iraqi designer Ziad Tariq at his workshop in Basra, Iraq, Monday, July 20, 2020. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani/AP Photo)