The Citadel in Erbil, currently under restoration by UNESCO and the KRG, it has been has on the World Heritage List since June 2014.
Boys in the back of pickup at a service station, north of Baghdad.
One of the many checkpoints on the road north of Baghdad. Although the checkpoints just outside Baghdad were manned by the Iraqi Police, further north they are under the control of the Shi'ite Militia, Sarāyā al-Salām, a reincarnation of the Mahdi Army (JAM; جيش المهدي Jaish al-Mahdī), and are led by Muqtada al-Sadr.