On 21 July 2017, Iraq's second city Mosul was liberated from the Islamic State after three years of brutal rule. But has the traumatised city recovered?
![Mosul schoolgirls [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/D05DB5B4-8422-4B71-9031-1EF0C9DADFF7.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=EmJZQXMp "Mosul schoolgirls [Getty]")
![German teenager in Mosul [DPA]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/8C22C76C-076B-43FA-836E-8301916D10B6.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=kZCU8lCc "German teenager in Mosul [DPA]")
![Mosul children [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/1BD1FE91-D3F3-4511-B831-4A8957BDDC95.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=Dda8oZwg "Mosul children [Getty]")
![Iraqi forces [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/E191FAE8-EEF1-43E1-A424-0CA5244E7189.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=uIr3yBb9 "Iraqi forces [AFP]")
![Haider Abadi [Anadolu]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/5E807D5C-AEF1-4598-8AE5-6294C361F542.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=d7Z4ovGf "Haider Abadi [Anadolu]")
