Sunflower farming during 'golden hour' in northern Iraq - in pictures

  • A Kurdish man collects freshly harvested sunflower seeds in a field in the district of Ranya, about 100 kilometres east of the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.
    A Kurdish man collects freshly harvested sunflower seeds in a field in the district of Ranya, about 100 kilometres east of the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.
  • Sunflower seeds are packed in Ranya district, in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.
    Sunflower seeds are packed in Ranya district, in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.
  • Sunflowers are one of the crops grown in the region.
    Sunflowers are one of the crops grown in the region.
  • A Kurdish man works in a sunflower field in northern Iraq.
    A Kurdish man works in a sunflower field in northern Iraq.
  • Sunflowers are grown in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.
    Sunflowers are grown in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.
  • A Kurdish man works in a sunflower field about 100km from Erbil.
    A Kurdish man works in a sunflower field about 100km from Erbil.
  • Sunflowers are harvested during the 'golden hour' in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.
    Sunflowers are harvested during the 'golden hour' in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.
  • A man harvests sunflowers in the northern Iraqi district of Ranya.
    A man harvests sunflowers in the northern Iraqi district of Ranya.
  • Harvested sunflowers are packed into a trailer.
    Harvested sunflowers are packed into a trailer.
  • Workers fill a trailer with harvested sunflowers.
    Workers fill a trailer with harvested sunflowers.