From flames to flags, Maclean’s photo department curates the 15 most fascinating pictures of the last seven days
A man takes a photograph of his friend as thick smoke rises from a fire, which broke out at oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq, January 28,2017. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)
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