• Iraq's national football team celebrates after qualifying for the Fifa World Cup for the first time since 1986, in Baghdad. Reuters
    Iraq's national football team celebrates after qualifying for the Fifa World Cup for the first time since 1986, in Baghdad. Reuters
  • Palestinian dancers perform the traditional dabka (or dabke) dance at a wedding party in the village of Salem, east of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP
    Palestinian dancers perform the traditional dabka (or dabke) dance at a wedding party in the village of Salem, east of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP
  • The Abu Dhabi Fish Market in Mina Zayed. The National
    The Abu Dhabi Fish Market in Mina Zayed. The National
  • Low visibility on the Nile River due to a sandstorm in Cairo. AFP
    Low visibility on the Nile River due to a sandstorm in Cairo. AFP
  • The sun shines through after a brief downpour in central Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    The sun shines through after a brief downpour in central Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Flames engulf a car belonging to Palestinian journalist Mohammed Washeha in southern Gaza city. Broadcaster Al Jazeera said Washeha was killed by an Israeli drone attack. AFP
    Flames engulf a car belonging to Palestinian journalist Mohammed Washeha in southern Gaza city. Broadcaster Al Jazeera said Washeha was killed by an Israeli drone attack. AFP
  • A man walks past tank trucks outside Jamuna Oil Company Fatullah Depot in Narayanganj District, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA
    A man walks past tank trucks outside Jamuna Oil Company Fatullah Depot in Narayanganj District, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA
  • Salesmen sell fish at Al Jubail Market in Sharjah. Ahmed Ramzan / The National
    Salesmen sell fish at Al Jubail Market in Sharjah. Ahmed Ramzan / The National
  • A scout carries the icon of the Virgin Mary during a Good Friday procession near the Saint Maroun Church in the Shiyah neighbourhood of Beirut's southeastern suburbs. AFP
    A scout carries the icon of the Virgin Mary during a Good Friday procession near the Saint Maroun Church in the Shiyah neighbourhood of Beirut's southeastern suburbs. AFP
  • Tz'utujil Maya Indigenous people, belonging to the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, join the Holy Burial procession alongside the ancestral deity Rilaj Mam in Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala. Reuters
    Tz'utujil Maya Indigenous people, belonging to the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, join the Holy Burial procession alongside the ancestral deity Rilaj Mam in Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala. Reuters
  • A colt Shhab Al Zobair is guided by a horseman during the Dubai International Arabian Horse Championship 2026 in Dubai. EPA
    A colt Shhab Al Zobair is guided by a horseman during the Dubai International Arabian Horse Championship 2026 in Dubai. EPA
  • Reverend Father Peter Fernando celebrates the Easter Sunday service at St Therese Church in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Reverend Father Peter Fernando celebrates the Easter Sunday service at St Therese Church in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Followers of Iraq's Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr at a protest against the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad. EPA
    Followers of Iraq's Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr at a protest against the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad. EPA
  • A bride poses for a picture amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Beirut. Reuters
    A bride poses for a picture amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Beirut. Reuters
  • Relatives next to the grave of Farizal Rhomadhon, a UN Interim Force Lebanon peacekeeper, killed in Lebanon, during a funeral ceremony in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Reuters
    Relatives next to the grave of Farizal Rhomadhon, a UN Interim Force Lebanon peacekeeper, killed in Lebanon, during a funeral ceremony in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Reuters
  • the Black Eagles, the South Korean Air Force's aerobatic team, performs over Yeouido Park during the Spring Cherry Blossom Festival in Seoul. EPA
    the Black Eagles, the South Korean Air Force's aerobatic team, performs over Yeouido Park during the Spring Cherry Blossom Festival in Seoul. EPA
  • Chilean marine authorities collect samples from a humpback whale that died after becoming stranded on Cucao beach. Reuters
    Chilean marine authorities collect samples from a humpback whale that died after becoming stranded on Cucao beach. Reuters
  • An American white ibis flies towards scarlet ibises in Cumaral, Colombia. AFP
    An American white ibis flies towards scarlet ibises in Cumaral, Colombia. AFP
  • A displaced man sleeps on a street next to a billboard showing Beirut's Marina. The Middle East war has displaced upwards of one million people in Lebanon. AFP
    A displaced man sleeps on a street next to a billboard showing Beirut's Marina. The Middle East war has displaced upwards of one million people in Lebanon. AFP
  • Commuters travel on an overcrowded public bus in Islamabad, Pakistan. State-run public transport in the capital city and province is free throughout April, after Pakistan's government drastically raised fuel prices due to the Iran war. AFP
    Commuters travel on an overcrowded public bus in Islamabad, Pakistan. State-run public transport in the capital city and province is free throughout April, after Pakistan's government drastically raised fuel prices due to the Iran war. AFP
  • War damage to a building in Tehran, Iran, is framed by a curtain placed on the Golestan Palace, a Unesco World Heritage site. AFP
    War damage to a building in Tehran, Iran, is framed by a curtain placed on the Golestan Palace, a Unesco World Heritage site. AFP
  • Children covered in white paint pose for a photograph near the Door of No Return in Ouidah, Benin. The memorial to enslaved Africans marks the point where they were forced on to transatlantic slave ships. AFP
    Children covered in white paint pose for a photograph near the Door of No Return in Ouidah, Benin. The memorial to enslaved Africans marks the point where they were forced on to transatlantic slave ships. AFP
  • The site where three people were seriously injured and one is missing after falling about 40 metres as scaffolding collapsed at the JFE Steel construction site in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
    The site where three people were seriously injured and one is missing after falling about 40 metres as scaffolding collapsed at the JFE Steel construction site in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
  • The We love Dubai installation on Kite Beach, where people can add their portrait. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    The We love Dubai installation on Kite Beach, where people can add their portrait. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • A skull sculpture is carried on a march for indigenous rights to the Brazilian National Congress building during the annual Terra Livre encampment in Brasilia. AFP
    A skull sculpture is carried on a march for indigenous rights to the Brazilian National Congress building during the annual Terra Livre encampment in Brasilia. AFP
  • Travellers pose in front of a giant interactive cat installation in the arrivals hall at Hong Kong International Airport. AFP
    Travellers pose in front of a giant interactive cat installation in the arrivals hall at Hong Kong International Airport. AFP
  • Aerial view of the roof of the Olympic Velodrome damaged by a fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
    Aerial view of the roof of the Olympic Velodrome damaged by a fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
  • Muslim worshippers pray in front of the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, amid a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, in Jerusalem. Reuters
    Muslim worshippers pray in front of the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, amid a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, in Jerusalem. Reuters
  • Paris Saint-Germain's Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov makes a save in front of Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match in Paris. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain's Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov makes a save in front of Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match in Paris. AFP
  • A flag on the door of Bocasu Specialty Coffee in Al Quoz, Dubai. Flags have been hung across the Emirates to display national pride. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A flag on the door of Bocasu Specialty Coffee in Al Quoz, Dubai. Flags have been hung across the Emirates to display national pride. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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