Aman climbs a palm tree to harvest dates in the town of Badra in Iraq's eastern province of Wasit near the Iranian border, on July 5, 2022. Once known as the “country of 30 million palm trees”, and home to 600 varieties of the fruit, Iraq's date production has been blighted by decades of conflict and environmental challenges, including drought, desertification and salinisation. (Photo by Asaad Niazi/AFP Photo)
