Our NPR story on the war in Iran adding to the outpouring of grief for 20 million pilgrims commemorating the killing of Imam Hussein in Karbala 14 centuries ago. With stunning pix by @mo_sawaf https://t.co/ZC7mqnH3N7
After twenty years of continuous work with a wonderful and professional team at Agence France-Presse (AFP), I am announcing today that I have submitted my resignation, which has been accepted by the management due to personal reasons.
Shiite pilgrims commemorate the birth of Imam al-Mahdi in Karbala. The pilgrimage falls two weeks ahead the holy month of Ramadan.
📸: Mohammed Sawaf/ AFP
The shore of Lake Razazza in Karbala, Iraq, on June 13, 2024.
Winter rains have eased water shortages in Iraq, including at the lake where it had previously suffered drying up.
📸: Mohammed Sawaf / AFThe shore of Lake Razazza in Karbala, Iraq, on June 13, 2024.
Winter rains have eased water shortages in Iraq, including at the lake where it had previously suffered drying up.
📸: Mohammed Sawaf / AFThe shore of Lake Razazza in Karbala, Iraq, on June 13, 2024.
Winter rains have eased water shortages in Iraq, including at the lake where it had previously suffered drying up.
📸: Mohammed Sawaf / AFThe shore of Lake Razazza in Karbala, Iraq, on June 13, 2024.
Winter rains have eased water shortages in Iraq, including at the lake where it had previously suffered drying up.
📸: Mohammed Sawaf / AFThe shore of Lake Razazza in Karbala, Iraq, on June 13, 2024.
Winter rains have eased water shortages in Iraq, including at the lake where it had previously suffered drying up.
📸: Mohammed Sawaf / AFP
على الأغلب، سأنظر أنا كمصور صحفي إلى الحروب على أنها مأساة مستمرة، تتكرر بنفس الأنماط، وتخلف وراءها ضحايا لا علاقة لهم بالصراعات الكبيرة. قد ارى أن الحرب لا تخلق سوى مزيد من الفوضى والدمار.
بالنسبة لي، قد تكون الحروب تجسيداً لانهيار الحضارة والقيم الإنسانية.
Shiite Muslim devotees gather during the flag-changing ceremony at the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas in Iraq's central shrine city of Karbala.
A picture by #AFP photographer @mo_sawaf
Shiite Muslim devotees gather during the flag-changing ceremony at the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas in Iraq's central shrine city of Karbal, on the first night of the Muslim month of Muharram and the first day of the Islamic New Year.
📸@mo_sawaf#AFP
Alaa Shehadeh, a citizen from the city of Jableh, is waiting for his building to be demolished after the devastating earthquake by engineering cadres. #syria#syriaearthquake#jableh#latakia
A Kerbala, en #Irak, l'Arbaïn, commémoration phare dans l'islam chiite qui marque la fin du deuil de l'imam Hussein, a réuni 21 millions de pèlerins. Photo #AFP par @mo_sawaf
في حديث لفرانس برس، رجّح الدفاع المدني العراقي بأن 6 أشخاص على الأقلّ ما زالو عالقين تحت أنقاض انهيار ترابي على مزار ديني في محافظة #كربلاء .
أنقذ الدفاع المدني في وقتٍ سابق 3 أطفال.
وأعمال الإنقاذ مستمرّة حتى الآن بعد 24 ساعة على الحادثة
@AFPar
https://t.co/igQj4OHtF2
أعمال الإنقاذ من قطارة الإمام علي في #كربلاء
قتل 4 أشخاص على الأقلّ في حادث انهيار ترابي على مزار ديني في محافظة كربلاء، فيما تمكّن الدفاع المدني العراقي من إنقاذ 3 أطفال.
تتواصل أعمال الإنقاذ وعدد الذين لا يزالون محاصرين حتّى الآن غير واضح.
📸 @mo_sawaf@AFPar
VIDEO: 🇮🇶 As drought devastates swathes of southern Iraq's Mesopotamian Marshes, locals whose livelihoods depends on the resources of the marshlands struggle to make ends meet, with many forced to leave in search of different jobs
📹 @AsaadNiazi, Aymen Henna