Photos: The Global Cost of the Iran War

AFP / Getty People watch as smoke billows from an oil-storage site in the Kani Qirzhala area on the outskirts of Erbil, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, following a suspected drone strike, on April 1, 2026. Iraq has been drawn into the broader Middle East war that started with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. Erbil is home to a major US consulate complex, and its airport houses military advisers attached to a U.S.-led anti-jihadist coalition. Regular drone attacks by pro-Iran armed groups have usually been intercepted by air defenses. Hussain Ali / Anadolu / Getty Vehicles line up for fuel at a petrol station in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 30, 2026, after Pakistan raised petrol prices in response to surging global oil markets. The spike follows escalating tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, which have disrupted supply chains and pushed crude prices sharply higher. Scott Olson / Getty Farmworkers plant seed corn near Bondurant, Iowa, on May 5, 2026. As the spring planting season moves into full swing, farmers are facing big spikes in fuel and fertilizer costs over last spring driven primarily by the war with Iran. Aamir Qureshi / AFP / Getty In Islamabad, Pakistan, a child uses a mobile phone to light his way to his apartment during a power cut on April 15, 2026. Pakistan will suspend electricity supplies for about two hours during peak-usage times every evening, the government said, in an effort to manage energy prices affected by the Iran war. Charles McQuillan / Getty Members of the public make their way past trucks and tractors as fuel protesters block O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland, on April 11, 2026. Travel across parts of the Republic of Ireland was affected for the fifth day in a row as slow-moving convoys made up of vehicles, including tractors, blocked roads in protest against high fuel prices caused by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Go Nakamura / Reuters Employees work at an assembly line producing car smartp