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Extreme heat hits Iraq, as temperatures exceed 50 degrees Celsius

Higher temperatures combine with Iraq’s other problems to create a ‘perfect storm’.

Men splashing in the Euphrates River in June, [Alannah Travers/Al Jazeera]

Nine years after the Yazidi genocide, what’s next for survivors?

The implementation of a transitional justice framework in Iraq could address atrocities committed by ISIL.

Fawiya walks down a road in the refugee camp

‘How would you survive?’: Desperation grows in Iraq water crisis

Parched communities, once displaced by the ravages of ISIL, can barely survive the decimation of their water supplies.

Two young boys from the village, 13-year-old Rusool and 6-year-old Waad, explore the cracked ground where the water used to sit.

‘So trapped’: A young Iraqi driver’s costly taxi to nowhere

A 24-year-old in Erbil juggles the cost of supporting his family while maintaining his only source of income.

An illustration the hood of a car open with someone standing over it looking, checking or fixing it with a long receipt coming out from under the hood of the car.

Refugees claim gas flaring cancer link in northern Iraq

Cancer rates double in affected provinces after facilities resume production in recent years.

Flaring is the process of burning off petroleum gas by setting alight any excess in a jet of fire [File: Hussein Faleh/AFP]

Iraqis born in 2003 reflect on a life that began with war

They want a better life, they want to leave, they want peace. Young Iraqis on how the 2003 Iraq war shaped their lives.

20-year-old Iraqis

Mutanabbi Street: An intellectual haven overcomes Iraq’s pain

The booksellers of Baghdad’s Mutanabbi Street have faced invasion and bombings, two decades on from the war in Iraq.

Statue in Mutannabi Street from behind, image shot from below looking up at a blue sky.

Young Iraqi activists despair as political crisis continues

Clashes brought rival armed factions to the streets of Baghdad, leaving Iraq’s young activists stuck in the middle.

A young woman looks at the camera while writing in a notebook. She is sitting at a table in a cafe with three male friends.