• Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Baghdad during its curfew. The latest lockdown was imposed on Friday after coronavirus cases surged. Prime Minister’s office
    Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Baghdad during its curfew. The latest lockdown was imposed on Friday after coronavirus cases surged. Prime Minister’s office
  • Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Baghdad during its curfew. The latest lockdown was imposed on Friday after coronavirus cases surged. Prime Minister’s office
    Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Baghdad during its curfew. The latest lockdown was imposed on Friday after coronavirus cases surged. Prime Minister’s office
  • A man rides his bicycle past a closed mosque in Baghdad. Authorities reimposed a partial lockdown until early March after detecting a variant of the coronavirus first identified in Britain. AFP
    A man rides his bicycle past a closed mosque in Baghdad. Authorities reimposed a partial lockdown until early March after detecting a variant of the coronavirus first identified in Britain. AFP
  • Iraqi police block access to a main road during the latest lockdown in central Baghdad. EPA
    Iraqi police block access to a main road during the latest lockdown in central Baghdad. EPA
  • A man cycles past shops that were shut to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Baghdad, Iraq. AP
    A man cycles past shops that were shut to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Baghdad, Iraq. AP
  • Shops in the Shurja marketplace in central Baghdad, Iraq, are closed during a lockdown. AP
    Shops in the Shurja marketplace in central Baghdad, Iraq, are closed during a lockdown. AP
  • A man cycles past shops in Baghdad, Iraq, that were shut to curb the spread of the coronavirus. AP
    A man cycles past shops in Baghdad, Iraq, that were shut to curb the spread of the coronavirus. AP
  • A man cycles past shops in Baghdad, Iraq, that were shut to curb the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
    A man cycles past shops in Baghdad, Iraq, that were shut to curb the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
  • An Iraqi man walks past closed shops in Baghdad after authorities reimposed partial lockdown measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. They will be in force until early March. AFP
    An Iraqi man walks past closed shops in Baghdad after authorities reimposed partial lockdown measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. They will be in force until early March. AFP

Iraq in lockdown anew - in pictures


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