QAYYARAH, IRAQ

In Qayyarah, Iraq, smoke from burning oil wells burns over the city after being set on fire again by Islamic State militants. October 24, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)

At the Debaga camp in Kurdistan in northern Iraq, tens of thousands of people are hoping to return to their homes when and if the war with Islamic State is over. October, 23 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)

A youth washes a horse in the River Eden on the second day of the annual Appleby Horse Fair, in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, northwest England.

Unicef says more than half the one million people expected to be displaced are children. October, 23, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)

Iraqi soldiers at a base outside of Mosul, preparing for what they hope will be their final battles with IS fighters in coming weeks or months. October 24, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)

In regions recently cleared of IS fighters, homes lay in rubble, electric wires are cut, and burnt out vehicles scatter the landscape. October 24, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)

Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers move from the front lines in the battle towards Mosul to Kirkuk, a northern Iraqi oil city, after an Islamic State attacked the city. October 21, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)

In the town of Hassan Sham many homes still stand after Islamic State fighters were pushed out, but bombs and booby traps prevent people from going home. October 21, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)