Stunning images of Iraqi para-gliders - in pictures

  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. All photos: AFP
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. All photos: AFP
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Members of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team launch at sunset from Mount Azmar to glide over the city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.