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 hospital [Sacha Myers/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/A19AF7A3-738F-4746-BA3C-F529BC85B36C.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=sB3QaQ8i "Mosul hospital [Sacha Myers/MSF]")
![IS wives [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/AF6FFF25-4F93-474F-8AE7-9A2AD56921E2.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=s6_PGsDJ "IS wives [Getty]")
![Iraq attack [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/9603C96B-5086-4141-A2B0-2B0C8BFA8DA7.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=BclDJ3dn "Iraq attack [Getty]")
