(250513) -- LALISH, May 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 12, 2025 shows Lalish Temple, which is considered as the main temple of the Yazidi religion, in Lalish, Duhok province, northern Iraq.

The Yazidis are an Iraqi ethnic and religious minority. In 2014, when Islamic State (IS) militants took control of large swathes in northern and central Iraq, the extremist militants abducted and enslaved hundreds of Yazidi women and children. (Xinhua/Duan Minfu)