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Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr bring down concrete barriers leading to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone and the country's parliament, as they protest against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, on July 30, 2022. The protests are the latest challenge for oil-rich Iraq, which remains mired in a political and a socioeconomic crisis despite elevated global energy prices. Sadr's bloc emerged from elections in October as the biggest parliamentary faction, but was still far short of a majority and, nine months on, deadlock persists over the establishment of a new government. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)
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