A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia faces ISIS positions in Diyala in June 2014. AFP

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Municipal workers pave the road outside the Chaldean Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Iraq's capital Baghdad on February 27, 2021, amidst preparations for Pope Francis' March visit. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

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Christians volunteers hold Iraqi and Vatican flags as they decorate streets ahead of the planned visit of Pope Francis, in Qaraqosh, Iraq February 22, 2021. Picture taken February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

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An aerial view of the ruins of the city of Ur, dating back 6,000 years, in present-day Dhi Qar governorate in southern Iraq. Pope Francis is set to hold inter-faith prayers at the site of the ancient city during his visit to Iraq. AFP 

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An Iraqi man rides his bicycle past a closed mosque in Baghdad on February 19, 2021, as authorities re-imposed partial lockdown measures until early March after detecting a new strain of the coronavirus. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

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A man sells nuts in the old bazaar in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on February 10, 2021. As the sun rises, shopkeepers sweep their stoops and eagerly await the ‘istiftah’ – the first customer of the day, believed to be a good omen. This shopper is allowed to name his or her price for the goods or service being purchased, without the usual process of haggling and compromise that is quintessential to street markets. AFP

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Security workers and members of the public run away as animal rights activists release a bear into the wild in Dohuk, Iraq, on February 11, 2021. It was one of several bears to have been rescued from private homes in the Kurdish city. Reuters

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Mourners carry coffins of Yazidis from the village of Kocho who were killed by ISIS in August 2014. Their remains were exhumed from mass graves and buried near the village on February 6, 2021. Reuters

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Iraqi Yazidi women mourn during exhumation process of a mass grave in Iraq's northwestern region of Sinjar in March. AP

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His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, arrives at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abuy Dhabi. Victor Besa. The National.

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Pope Francis embraces new cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako of Iraq during a consistory ceremony to install 14 new cardinals in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 2018. Reuters

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Pope Francis begins a historic visit to Iraq on March 5, 2021. AFP

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Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Iraq from March 5 to March 8. Reuters

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Christians volunteers hold Iraqi and Vatican flags as they decorate streets ahead of the planned visit of Pope Francis, in Qaraqosh, Iraq February 22, 2021. Reuters.

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From left to right, Iran's ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Mohammed Al Halbousi and Turkey's ambassador to Iraq Fatih Yildiz. Getty

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Five demonstrators are reported to have been killed in clashes with security forces in Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar province, Iraq.  AFP 

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Kataib Hezbollah Iraqi militia gather ahead of the funeral of the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport in January 2020. Reuters

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US President Joe Biden's policy on Iran will not be confined to tackling its nuclear programme. Reuters

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A Swiss guard stands during the Ash Wednesday mass at the St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, February 17, 2021. Vatican Media via Reuters 

The 'world's smallest army' protecting the Pope in Iraq

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Iraqi forces patrol Tarmiyah on February 20, 2021, following clashes with ISIS fighters. The Popular Mobilisation Forces helped the Iraqi government fight ISIS and have now become a powerful political force. AFP

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