Gentlemen enjoying some morning tea in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

A local merchant outside his shop, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

The Bassetki Statue on display in the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. A monument from the Akkadian period (2350–2100 BCE) in Mesopotamia that was cast from pure copper and weighs 150 kilograms although only the lower part of the figure remains. It was looted from the museum during the 2003 invasion of Iraq but was recovered by American Military Police and found covered in axle grease and at the bottom of a cesspit after a tip-off.