Displaced Iraqi children from the former embattled city of Mosul attend school at the Hasan Sham camp, east of Erbil in northern Iraq, on November 20th, 2017. Iraq's second city, Mosul was recaptured in July after being taken in a summer 2014 offensive by the Islamic State group.
(Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5th, 2018.
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces on December 11th, 2017, near the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City.
A government soldier watches as journalists tour the ruins of what was the main battle area in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on October 25th, 2017.
Syrian opposition fighters are stopped at a checkpoint manned by regime forces on May 21st, 2017.
Pope Francis blesses the crowd attending the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on July 23rd, 2017.
