International Women’s Day far removed from women caught up in regional war

  • Refugee Ridina Muhammad, 32, eight months pregnant with her fourth child, and her daughter Talia, 5, originally from Khartoum, Sudan, at St Joseph Church, where they found shelter in Beirut. Reuters
    Refugee Ridina Muhammad, 32, eight months pregnant with her fourth child, and her daughter Talia, 5, originally from Khartoum, Sudan, at St Joseph Church, where they found shelter in Beirut. Reuters
  • Filipino residents of Abu Dhabi visit the Philippine Embassy to fix their newborn's passport. Victor Besa / The National
    Filipino residents of Abu Dhabi visit the Philippine Embassy to fix their newborn's passport. Victor Besa / The National
  • A family, originally from Syria, displaced from the southern suburbs of Beirut, sits along a seaside corniche, following renewed hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut. Reuters
    A family, originally from Syria, displaced from the southern suburbs of Beirut, sits along a seaside corniche, following renewed hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut. Reuters
  • Israelis sing during the candle lighting ceremony to mark the beginning of Shabbat at a public parking shelter in Tel Aviv. AFP
    Israelis sing during the candle lighting ceremony to mark the beginning of Shabbat at a public parking shelter in Tel Aviv. AFP
  • A child reacts as Syrians living in Lebanon wait at the Ministry of Interior Immigration and Passports Department, at the Syrian-Lebanese border. Reuters
    A child reacts as Syrians living in Lebanon wait at the Ministry of Interior Immigration and Passports Department, at the Syrian-Lebanese border. Reuters
  • Iranians go shopping in a street market in Tehran, Iran. EPA
    Iranians go shopping in a street market in Tehran, Iran. EPA
  • A woman looks at the sea near a beach, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat. Reuters
    A woman looks at the sea near a beach, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat. Reuters
  • Indian nationals Ram Krishna and his wife Vijian Lakshmi at a government-provided shelter in Hamad Town, Bahrain. Reuters
    Indian nationals Ram Krishna and his wife Vijian Lakshmi at a government-provided shelter in Hamad Town, Bahrain. Reuters
  • A woman gesturing amid the debris of a destroyed building at Nabi Sheet town after an Israeli military operation in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. AFP
    A woman gesturing amid the debris of a destroyed building at Nabi Sheet town after an Israeli military operation in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. AFP
  • A displaced child receives medical assistance inside a public school turned shelter in Beirut. Reuters
    A displaced child receives medical assistance inside a public school turned shelter in Beirut. Reuters
  • Zahra Assaf, 8, receives medical treatment at Dar Al Amal university hospital in the city of Baalbek after being wounded in an Israeli air strike on Baalbek, Lebanon. EPA
    Zahra Assaf, 8, receives medical treatment at Dar Al Amal university hospital in the city of Baalbek after being wounded in an Israeli air strike on Baalbek, Lebanon. EPA