Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr perform the weekly Muslim Friday prayers at the Iraqi capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone as they continue their protest against a nomination for prime minister by a rival Shiite faction, on August 5, 2022. - In a new power play following his demand this week for early elections -- a possibility that the rival bloc says it is conditionally open to, despite the last national polls only taking place less than 10 months ago -- Iraq's Shiite cleric called for traditional Friday prayers to take place on a vast square inside the Green Zone where his followers have occupied parliament for seven days. (Photo by Ahmad Al-rubaye / AFP)