Two elderly Iraqi Yazidi women are pictured in the town of Sheikhan, some 50km northeast of Mosul, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Young Yazidi and Muslim women rehearse a traditional Kurdish song in a community centre in Dahuk, about 430 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on June 25, 2019. AFP
A displaced Iraqi Yazidi woman wearing a traditional outfit, sits inside her tent at a camp for internally displaced people in Khanke, a few kilometres from the Turkish border in Iraq's Dohuk province, on June 24, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yazidi women gather outside the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430 kilometres northwest of the capital Baghdad, on April 16, 2019. AFP
Displaced Iraqi Yazidi women sit outside a tent at a camp in Khanke, a few kilometres from the Turkish border in Iraq's Dohuk province, on June 24, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yazidi women pray at the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Baba Shaikh, the supreme spiritual leader of the Iraqi Yazidi religious minority is pictured at his home in the town of Sheikhan, some 50km northeast of Mosul, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yazidi woman prays at the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yazidi woman prays at the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yazidi woman visits the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yezidi women visit the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yezidis visit the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yezidi visits the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yezidi woman visits the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yezidis visit the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Two elderly Iraqi Yazidi women are pictured in the town of Sheikhan, some 50km northeast of Mosul, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Young Yazidi and Muslim women rehearse a traditional Kurdish song in a community centre in Dahuk, about 430 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on June 25, 2019. AFP
A displaced Iraqi Yazidi woman wearing a traditional outfit, sits inside her tent at a camp for internally displaced people in Khanke, a few kilometres from the Turkish border in Iraq's Dohuk province, on June 24, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yazidi women gather outside the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430 kilometres northwest of the capital Baghdad, on April 16, 2019. AFP
Displaced Iraqi Yazidi women sit outside a tent at a camp in Khanke, a few kilometres from the Turkish border in Iraq's Dohuk province, on June 24, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yazidi women pray at the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Baba Shaikh, the supreme spiritual leader of the Iraqi Yazidi religious minority is pictured at his home in the town of Sheikhan, some 50km northeast of Mosul, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yazidi woman prays at the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yazidi woman prays at the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yazidi woman visits the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yezidi women visit the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yezidis visit the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yezidi visits the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
An Iraqi Yezidi woman visits the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Iraqi Yezidis visit the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430km northwest of the capital Baghdad, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Two elderly Iraqi Yazidi women are pictured in the town of Sheikhan, some 50km northeast of Mosul, on July 16, 2019. AFP
Iraq’s Yazidis remain displaced five years after ISIS genocide
Hundreds of the ethno-religious minority are still missing and only a few hundred have returned to Sinjar