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?
![Iraqi forces in Mosul [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/3E038CC4-69C5-49F1-9FA3-7CA31E66C0AD.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=bmHSjDa8 "Iraqi forces in Mosul [AFP]")
![Iraqi forces in Mosul [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/93091F71-72E8-4445-A561-9DAB079F0E2F.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=tEYM-_c9 "Iraqi forces in Mosul [AFP]")