An Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric holds a flower as a symbol of the gathering's peaceful nature as protesters stage a sit-in outside the West Qurna oil field, one of the world's largest super-giant oil fields, at Al-Sadiq district in northern Basra on November 7, 2026. The participants demanded improvement to living conditions and public services, as well as more job opportunities in the area's oil fields. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP via Getty Images)