This picture shows a general view of traditional brick factories in the Najaf Desert and near the Lake Najaf area, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", located southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows a general view of an old brick kiln structure near traditional brick factories in the Najaf Desert and near the Lake Najaf area, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", located southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

France's Government Spokesperson and junior Minister for Energy and Digital economy Maud Bregeon speaks to the press after attending a meeting with French Prime minister bringing together party leaders, the chairs of the parliamentary groups in both houses and the chairs of the Legal Affairs Committees, along with the Ministers for the Interior and Justice, and senior officials from the police, the gendarmerie and the intelligence services, as France braced for more demonstrations just days after student and other rallies degenerated into some of the worst street unrest in years, outside the Hotel Matignon in Paris on October 22, 2026. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP via Getty Images)

France's Government Spokesperson and junior Minister for Energy and Digital economy Maud Bregeon speaks to the press after attending a meeting with French Prime minister bringing together party leaders, the chairs of the parliamentary groups in both houses and the chairs of the Legal Affairs Committees, along with the Ministers for the Interior and Justice, and senior officials from the police, the gendarmerie and the intelligence services, as France braced for more demonstrations just days after student and other rallies degenerated into some of the worst street unrest in years, outside the Hotel Matignon in Paris on October 22, 2026. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP via Getty Images)

France's Government Spokesperson and junior Minister for Energy and Digital economy Maud Bregeon speaks to the press after attending a meeting with French Prime minister bringing together party leaders, the chairs of the parliamentary groups in both houses and the chairs of the Legal Affairs Committees, along with the Ministers for the Interior and Justice, and senior officials from the police, the gendarmerie and the intelligence services, as France braced for more demonstrations just days after student and other rallies degenerated into some of the worst street unrest in years, outside the Hotel Matignon in Paris on October 22, 2026. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker collects salt from Lake Najaf or Bahr Al-Najaf (Najaf Sea), at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker walks past salt mounds emerging from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iraqi worker shovels salt from Lake Najaf, also known as "Bahr Al-Najaf", at a local refinery for raw salt some 10 kilometres southwest of Iraq's central holy city of Najaf on October 22, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)