Smoke rises from burning oil wells in Qayyarah town, south of Mosul, in northern Iraq, on Nov. 26, 2016. Qayyarah town is seized by the Islamic State (IS) militants in June of 2014. The IS militants bombed all oil wells here when Iraqi army recaptured the town in August this year. The army started military operations to retake Mosul city on Oct. 17, since when the government organized oil companies to put off the fire. Due to poor security situation and equipment, several oil wells are still on fire until now. (Xinhua/Yaser Jawad)
