Iraqis leave their homes as members of the Iraqi forces take position in a neighbourhood of west Mosul on May 17, 2017, during an ongoing offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. Iraqi forces pound the Islamic State group in the last pockets it controls of its former bastion west Mosul after spokesmen said the jihadist group was “on the brink of total defeat”. / AFP/RSS PHOTO / FADEL SENNA