An Iraqi youth carries a girl on his shoulders while fleeing from Mosul’s old city during fighting on 5 July 2017, and a car drives past the same place on 8 January 2018.

Iraqi counter-terrorism troops cheer as they carry an upside-down black flag of the Islamic State group in Mosul’s old city on 2 July 2017, and two men walk in the same place on 8 January 2018.

Smoke billows after an airstrike by US-led international coalition forces targeting Isis in Mosul on 9 July 2017, and the same view taken on 10 January 2018.

Iraqi counter-terrorism troops gather outside the destroyed gate of the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul’s old city on 2 July 2017, and a member of the security forces stands at the same place on 8 January 2018.

An Iraqi soldier advances towards the al-Nuri mosque during fighting on 29 June 2017, and a man walks past the wreckage of a car in the same street on 8 January 2018.

Mosul’s old city during fighting on 9 July 2017, and the same view taken on 8 January 2018.

A general view of the destruction in Mosul’s old city on 9 July 2017, and the same view on 8 January 2018.

Members of the Iraqi forces along with high-ranking officers gather on 2 July 2017 to take pictures in the remains of the al-Nuri mosque where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gave his first sermon as Isis leader in 2014, and Iraqis stand at the same spot on 10 January 2018.

Smoke billows from Mosul’s old city during fighting on 9 July 2017 and the same view on 8 January 2018.