
Iraqi workers shovel salt from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

Iraqi workers shovel salt from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)