TOPSHOT - An Iraqi man uses a shovel on dry field in an area affected by drought in the Mishkhab region, central Iraq, some twenty-five kilometres from Najaf, on July 2, 2018. Facing an unusually harsh drought, the agriculture ministry last month suspended the cultivation of rice, corn and other cereals, which need large quantities of water. The decision has slashed the income of amber rice farmers, who usually earn between 300,000 and 500,000 dinars ($240 to $400) a year per dunum (quarter-acre, 0.1 hectares) of land. / AFP PHOTO / Haidar HAMDANI