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#13364097

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364098

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364099

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364100

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364101

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364102

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364103

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364105

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364106

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13364107

23 February 2026

Kurdish shepherd Mohamad Hashim rests with his prayer beads and traditional wooden staff as his goats graze on a grassy patch in the heart of Erbil, Iraq, on February 23, 2026. In the background, modern high-rise residential buildings and busy city traffic highlight the stark contrast between the region's rapid urban expansion and its deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Despite the city's transformation into a modern hub, some locals continue to practice traditional livestock herding within the urban landscape

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#13331161

16 February 2026

Alexander De Croo, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), chats with Palestinian children during a visit in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026. A US-brokered ceasefire, which seeks to halt the fighting between Israel and Hamas sparked by the group's October 2023 attack, takes effect last October, reducing the level of bombing and fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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#13331162

16 February 2026

Alexander De Croo, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), chats with Palestinian children during a visit in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026. A US-brokered ceasefire, which seeks to halt the fighting between Israel and Hamas sparked by the group's October 2023 attack, takes effect last October, reducing the level of bombing and fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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#13331163

16 February 2026

Alexander De Croo, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), chats with Palestinian children during a visit in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026. A US-brokered ceasefire, which seeks to halt the fighting between Israel and Hamas sparked by the group's October 2023 attack, takes effect last October, reducing the level of bombing and fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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#13331166

16 February 2026

Alexander De Croo, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), chats with Palestinian children during a visit in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026. A US-brokered ceasefire, which seeks to halt the fighting between Israel and Hamas sparked by the group's October 2023 attack, takes effect last October, reducing the level of bombing and fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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#13331167

16 February 2026

Alexander De Croo, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), chats with Palestinian children during a visit in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026. A US-brokered ceasefire, which seeks to halt the fighting between Israel and Hamas sparked by the group's October 2023 attack, takes effect last October, reducing the level of bombing and fighting in the Gaza Strip.

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