A volunteer paints over a mural that had been displayed by the Islamic State group, on the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, January 30, 2017. Arabic reads, “Now the fighting begins”. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)





A displaced Iraqi boy, who fled from fighting Islamic State militants, in Mosul, walks in the mud after heavy rain at Khazer camp, Iraq January 29, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





A member of Peshmerga forces checks the documents of displaced Iraqi people, who fled from Mosul, at Khazer camp, Iraq January 29, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





Iraqi children stand behind the doors of their home during a fight with Islamic State militants in Rashidiya, North of Mosul, Iraq, January 30, 2017. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





A family walks next to an Iraqi tank during a fight with Islamic State militants in Rashidiya, North of Mosul, Iraq, January 30, 2017. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





Iraqi children walk with sheep during a fight with Islamic State militants in Rashidiya, North of Mosul, Iraq, January 30, 2017. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





An Iraqi soldier helps people during a fight with Islamic State militants in Rashidiya, North of Mosul, Iraq, January 30, 2017. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





Iraqi children cary food during a fight with Islamic State militants in Rashidiya, North of Mosul, Iraq, January 30, 2017. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





Iraqi children stand in line to receive aid during a battle with Islamic State militants in Rashidiya, north of Mosul, Iraq, January 30, 2017. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





Manaf Younes Jammel, owner of a billiard hall which was closed by Islamic State militants, poses next to one of his covered billiard tables, in the city of Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





A baker sells his cakes in the city of Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





General view of a building of the University of Mosul destroyed during the battle with Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





An Iraqi national flag flies above the fortress during the battle with the Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





A member of the Iraqi security forces speaks with a boy at the entrance of the University of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





General view of a building of the University of Mosul destroyed during the battle with Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





General view of the library of the University of Mosul burned and destroyed during the battle with Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





General view of the library of the University of Mosul burned and destroyed during the battle with Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





Children are seen through a window of the broken car at an industrial neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, January 31, 2017. (Photo by Azad Lashkari/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqi children launch a kite at Khazer camp, Iraq February 1, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqi children get warm up by a fire at Khazer camp, Iraq February 1, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)





Displaced people who fled from Islamic State militants make bread at a camp in Duhok, Iraq, February 1, 2017. (Photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters)





A destroyed mural in the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





General view of the damaged swimming pool in the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel next to the Tigris river in Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





An Iraqi soldier walks with his weapon in front of the damaged five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





A damaged bathtub in the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





An Iraqi Soldier wears slippers of the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





An Iraqi soldier holds his weapon while looking over a balcony between the damaged floors in the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





General view from insde shows the damage to the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





Iraqi men drank waterpipe at a coffee shop in the street of Mosul, Iraq, February 3, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)





An Iraqi man buys vegetables after returning to his home in Mosul, Iraq, February 3, 2017. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)





Civilians present their rations cards in order to receive humanitarian food aid being distributed by the Iraqi Red Crescent, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Iraqi forces declared Mosul's eastern half fully liberated, just over three months after the operation to retake the city from IS was formally launched in October. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)