A worker carries sacks on his shoulders as he delivers them to a shop in the Jamila food market in Sadr City, east Baghdad on April 13, 2026. Food prices in Iraq have risen because most cargo ships are unable to enter and dock at Iraq's only deep-water Port of Umm Qasr in the Gulf following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran and US-Israel war, affecting Iraq's trade, which is now relying mainly on overland haulage. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)