Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr (image) protest at a rival bloc’s nomination for prime minister, in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province, late on July 27, 2022. The protests are the latest challenge for oil-rich Iraq, which remains mired in a political and a socioeconomic crisis despite elevated global energy prices. Photo: ASAAD NIAZI / AFP

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