Iraqis staying at the al-Khazir camp swim in a river near the camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul on June 11, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHEDMOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images
Displaced Iraqi children gather behind a fence at the Hasan Sham camp for internally displaced people on June 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Displaced Iraqi children fly kites, made from plastic bags, at the Hammam al-Alil camp for internally displaced people south of Mosul on May 26, 2017, as government forces continue their offensive to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
Displaced Iraqis walk past destroyed buildings next to Hammam al-Alil camp for internally displaced people south of Mosul on May 26, 2017, as government forces continue their offensive to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
Iraqi children peer through a tarpaulin as they collect water from a tank at the Al-Khazir camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul, on June 6, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes as Iraqi forces press a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
A picture taken on June 5, 2017 shows a displaced Iraqi girl swinging her brother, who is sleeping in a makeshift crib made from a fruit-basket as it hangs from the roof of a tent for protection from snakes and scorpions, at Khazir camp for the internally displaced, located between Arbil and Mosul. Some 32,000 people who fled from the Islamic State (IS) group live in a sea of around 7,000 tents at Khazir camp, but a recent spike in cases of scorpion stings and snake bites is spreading a new kind of paranoia. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
An Iraqi woman bakes bread at the Al-Khazir camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul, on June 6, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes as Iraqi forces press a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
An Iraqi woman carries a child at the Al-Khazir camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul, on June 6, 2017. Tired and traumatised, Iraqi mothers who fled Mosul struggle to breastfeed or buy baby formula milk for their babies. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
A displaced Iraqi woman wipes away tears at the Hasan Sham camp for internally displaced people on June 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Displaced Iraqi children gather behind a fence at the Hasan Sham camp for internally displaced people on June 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Displaced Iraqi children sit at the Hasan Sham camp for internally displaced people on June 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
An Iraqi girl poses for a photograph at the Al-Khazir camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul, on June 6, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes as Iraqi forces press a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
An Iraqi child stands at the Al-Khazir camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul, on June 6, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes as Iraqi forces press a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
A displaced Iraqi girl looks on as her mother cleans their makefshift home at the Hammam al-Alil camp for internally displaced people south of Mosul on May 26, 2017, as government forces continue their offensive to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
Displaced Iraqi children wait in line for water rations at the Hammam al-Alil camp for internally displaced people south of Mosul on May 26, 2017, as government forces continue their offensive to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
Displaced women stand in line to get food at the Hammam al-Alil camp for internally displaced people south of Mosul, on May 25, 2017, as government forces continue their offensive to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images
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Iraqis staying at the al-Khazir camp swim in a river near the camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul on June 11, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHEDMOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images
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Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes as Iraqi forces press a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, staying temporarily in camps for internally displaced people located between Arbil and Mosul.