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People spend time on a beach during a heat wave in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait
Image: Asad/Xinhua News Agency/picture alliance Image: Asad/Xinhua News Agency/picture alliance

Kuwait

Kuwait is a small country, population 4.3 million, that sits between Iraq and Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It is a constitutional monarchy, with some of the trappings of democracy, led by the Al Sabah family.