A general view taken on February 14, 2018 shows a car driving past destroyed buildings in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraq received pledges totalling $30 billion at an international conference for reconstruction of the war-torn country, the host Kuwait announced. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad MUWAFAQ (Photo credit should read AHMAD MUWAFAQ/AFP/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on July 2, 2017, shows a general view of destroyed vehicles in the vicinity of Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, during the Iraqi government forces' offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. More than eight months since the country's forces launched a gruelling operation to retake Mosul, IS has gone from fully controlling the city to holding a few neighbourhoods on its western side. / AFP PHOTO / Fadel SENNA (Photo credit should read FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)
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A general view taken on June 30, 2017 shows the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, as Iraqi government forces continue their offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. IS blew up the mosque and the famed Al-Hadba (hunchback) leaning minaret on June 21 as Iraqi forces closed in. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on June 24, 2017 shows a general view of destroyed buildings as Iraqi forces advance through the Old City of Mosul during the ongoing offensive to retake the last district held by the Islamic State (IS) group. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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A general view taken on June 30, 2017 shows the remains of the destroyed leaning minaret, known as the "Hadba", and Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, as Iraqi government forces continue their offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. IS blew up the mosque and the famed Al-Hadba (hunchback) leaning minaret on June 21 as Iraqi forces closed in. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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