Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims take part in a mourning event in Iraqâs southern city of Karbala marking the Arbaeen and flocking to the tomb of Hazrat Hussein and his brother Hazrat Abbas on September 28, 2021. Arbaeen is the last day of the 40-day mourning period that follows the anniversary of the killing of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Hussein and his 72 companions, in the seventh century. (Photo by Karar Essa/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Electoral posters for the upcoming parliamentary elections are seen torn in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, September 26, 2021. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
Shiite pilgrims gather between the holy shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas for the Arbaeen Shiite festival in Karbala, Iraq, Monday, September 27, 2021. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the 7th century. (Photo by Anmar Khalil/AP Photo)
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather inside the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the Arbaeen Shiite festival in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, September 28, 2021. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the 7th century. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather inside the holy shrine of Imam Hussein on the Arbaeen Shiite festival in Karbala, Iraq, Monday, September 27, 2021. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the 7th century. (Photo by Anmar Khalil/AP Photo)
Security forces stand guard while protesters prepare to gather for anti-Government protest in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, October 1, 2021. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
Demonstrators tear down electoral posters for the early parliamentary elections during anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, October 1, 2021. The candidates know convincing Iraq’s disillusioned youth to trust in an electoral process tainted with a history of tampering and fraud is their best chance to win seats. (Photo by Anmar Khalil/AP Photo)
An Iraqi voter walks past a drawing of the Kurdistan region flag after casting ballot during a special voting day for the Iraqi legislative parliamentary election at a polling station in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 08 October 2021. About 1,000,000 members of the Iraqi security and other forces in Iraq vote for the legislative election during a special voting day ahead of public’s vote in the Iraqi legislative elections on 10 October 2021. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)
Members of Iraq’s security forces take part in early voting for the parliamentary elections in the northern city of Basra, on October 8, 2021. More than 25 million Iraqis are eligible to vote for a new parliament on October 10, in the fifth such vote since a US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. A total of 329 seats are up for grabs in the election, which was moved forward from 2022 as a concession to youth-led pro-democracy protests that erupted in late 2019. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)
An Iraqi elderly woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote inside a polling station in the country’s parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, October 10, 2021. Iraq closed its airspace and land border crossings on Sunday as voters headed to the polls to elect a parliament that many hope will deliver much needed reforms after decades of conflict and mismanagement. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
Members of Kurdish Peshmerga security forces wait to cast their votes in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on October 8, 2021, two days before the rest of the country in a poll overshadowed by expectations for a low turnout. War-scarred Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on October 10, a year ahead of schedule to appease an anti-government protest movement, and amid a painful economic crisis. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)
A jetliner aircraft flies as the waxing gibbous moon rises over Basra in southern Iraq on October 14, 2021. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)
The sun sets while people enjoy a ride at an amusement park in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
A colorful drawing is seen on a wall in Baghdad, Iraq on October 24, 2021. A group of volunteer painters tries to give hope and joy to the Iraqi residents by painting colorful murals on the walls of the houses and streets of the city, tired of violance. Seve-member group named “Butterfly Effect” is busy in drawing paintings to depict life in Baghdad and its cultural heritage on the buildings (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Iraqi young girls take part in martial arts lessons to learn self-defense skills in Batnaya, Nineveh province, Iraq on October 17, 2021. (Photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters)
Students wear face masks in their classroom, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, November 1, 2021. Across Iraq, students returned to classrooms Monday for the first time in a year and a half – a stoppage caused by the coronavirus pandemic – amid overcrowding and confusion about COVID-19 safety measures. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
People shop for school supplies in preparation for the new school year, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, October 31, 2021. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)
Students arrive to attend their first classes of the new school year one month later due to measures taken against Covid-19 pandemic in Baghdad, Iraq on November 1, 2021. Over 11 million students in Iraq started their classes this morning with the bell. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A student wears a Spider-Man face shield on the first day of the new term at a primary school in Baghdad, Iraq on November 1, 2021. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)
Members of Iraq’s Sabean-Mandaean community take part in a ritual during the Prosperity Day celebration in the Tigris River, in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, November 1, 2021. Mandaeism follows the teachings of John the Baptist, a saint in both the Christian and Islamic traditions, and its rites revolve around water. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
