People attend a celebration in a public square near the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra) in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda), in Nineveh province, some 30 kilometres from Iraq's northern Mosul on March 5, 2021, ahead of the pope's visit to the town. (Photo by Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP)