Iraqis visit the spiral Malwiya minaret, a mid-ninth century treasured Iraqi national monument, within the Samarra Archaeological City, in Samarra, north of Baghdad, on July 26, 2022. The 50m helicoidally tower of sun-dried and baked brick, modelled on ancient ziggurats that was built to symbolise the power of Islam during the Abbasid caliphate, was listed UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. (Photo by Ismael Adnan/AFP Photo)
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