
Buffaloes graze by the bed of the dried-up Diyala river which was a tributary of the Tigris, in the Al-Fadiliyah district east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on June 26, 2022. AFP

A young Iraqi shepherd leads his buffaloes out after cooling down in wastewater filling the dried-up Diyala river, which was a tributary of the Tigris, in the Al-Fadiliyah district east of Baghdad, on June 26, 2022. AFP

An Iraqi shepherd cools down his buffaloes in wastewater filling the dried-up Diyala river, which was a tributary of the Tigris, in the Al-Fadiliyah district east of Baghdad, on June 26, 2022.

A young Iraqi shepherdess cools down buffaloes in wastewater filling the dried-up Diyala river which was a tributary of the Tigris, in the Al-Fadiliyah district east of Baghdad, on June 26, 2022. AFP

Buffaloes graze by wastewater pooling on the bed of the dried-up Diyala river which was a tributary of the Tigris, in the Al-Fadiliyah district east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on June 26, 2022. AFP