TOPSHOT - Iraqi anti-government protesters march with defaced posters of Assaad al-Aidani, the governor of Basra, reading in Arabic "rejected by the people" during a demonstration in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on December 26, 2019. - Iraqi anti-government protesters blocked roads and bridges in Baghdad and the country's south after torching several buildings overnight. The demonstrators oppose the entire political class and have vented their anger against leaders who are negotiating to nominate an establishment insider as the next prime minister. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)