Iraq
Iran initially denied that a missile downed the Ukrainian airliner for days.
Iran launched missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq overnight in retaliation for the killing by the United States last week of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani.
Everything from Iran's attacks on US bases in Iraq to the killing of General Soleimani to international reactions.
The strike on the al-Asad and Erbil bases represent the first known retaliation to Trump's killing of an Iranian commander. Reportedly no Americans were killed.
Destroying cultural property during armed conflict is considered a war crime under international law, one the U.S. has decried in the past.
An orphaned baby giraffe, Iraq protests and a stress-relief museum round out this week's best images.
The president told military personnel in Iraq that they'll get a raise of over 10 percent, their first in a decade. But it's 2.6 percent, and they get a hike every year.
The president who avoided service in Vietnam because of bone spurs had come under increasing criticism for nearly finishing his second year in office without traveling to Iraq or Afghanistan.