Tourists are back in Mosul, Iraq - in pictures

Five years after the city's liberation from the Islamic State group, visitors return

Foreign tourists walk inside Mosul's Old City in Iraq after the city's liberation from the Islamic State group. All photos: Reuters

Mosul is the second-largest city in Iraq.

The city was liberated in 2017 after three years under the Islamic State's rule.

The occupation left Mosul, especially its Old City, in ruins and its people displaced.

Iraq now issues visas on arrival for several nationalities to boost tourism.

Visitors in Mosul are introduced to the city's heritage and marketplaces.

Tourists walk inside the Old City.

Foreign tourists visit Great Al-Nuri mosque after the city's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group in 2017, in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, April 21, 2022. REUTERS / Khalid Al-Mousily

Tourists look at the archaeological artefacts from Al Nuri mosque.

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