An Iraqi fish farmer holds dead fish from a tank at his farm in the town of Zubaydiya, near the city of Kut in southern Iraq on April 14, 2026. Thousands of fish died last week in eastern Iraq in polluted water from sewage in the Tigris River, which caused huge losses to fish farmers. Heavy rains and floods that swept through Iraq last week pushed sewage from the Diyala River into the Tigris River, polluting the river's waters in southern Iraq. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)