Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr raise a portrait of their leader, as they protest at a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, along the Jamhur bridge that leads to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 30, 2022. - The protests are the latest challenge for oil-rich Iraq, which remains mired in a political and a socioeconomic crisis despite elevated global energy prices. Sadr's bloc emerged from elections in October as the biggest parliamentary faction, but was still far short of a majority and, nine months on, deadlock persists over the establishment of a new government. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
