• A man prays inside the closed Moussawi Grand Mosque in Basra. AFP
    A man prays inside the closed Moussawi Grand Mosque in Basra. AFP
  • A Palestinian clown wears a protective face mask while entertaining children staying at their home due a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus, in Khanyounis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
    A Palestinian clown wears a protective face mask while entertaining children staying at their home due a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus, in Khanyounis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Members of Free Patriotic Movement, a political party run by the Lebanese president's son-in-law, disinfect a restaurant in Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun. AFP
    Members of Free Patriotic Movement, a political party run by the Lebanese president's son-in-law, disinfect a restaurant in Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun. AFP
  • Sherazade Mami, a 28-year-old Tunisian professional dancer and performer at the Caracalla dance theatre and a teacher at the Caracalla dance school, practises while wearing a surgical mask on the roof of her apartment building in the suburb of Dekwaneh on the eastern outskirts of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP
    Sherazade Mami, a 28-year-old Tunisian professional dancer and performer at the Caracalla dance theatre and a teacher at the Caracalla dance school, practises while wearing a surgical mask on the roof of her apartment building in the suburb of Dekwaneh on the eastern outskirts of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP
  • Children gather near a US military vehicle on patrol along the M4 motorway near Hasakah in the countryside of Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah. AFP
    Children gather near a US military vehicle on patrol along the M4 motorway near Hasakah in the countryside of Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah. AFP
  • An empty street in Saudi Arabia's Makkah. AFP
    An empty street in Saudi Arabia's Makkah. AFP
  • A man wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, walks on the deserted Istiklal Street, the main shopping street in Istanbul. AP Photo
    A man wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, walks on the deserted Istiklal Street, the main shopping street in Istanbul. AP Photo
  • A member of Red Cross asks questions to a man repatriated from Morocco by ferry, as around 600 people from European Union and around 230 vehicles arrived at the Sete harbour, southwest of Montpellier, France. AFP
    A member of Red Cross asks questions to a man repatriated from Morocco by ferry, as around 600 people from European Union and around 230 vehicles arrived at the Sete harbour, southwest of Montpellier, France. AFP
  • Moroccan patients who recovered from the coronavirus disease celebrate with the medical staff as they leave the hospital in the city of Sale, north of the capital Rabat. AFP
    Moroccan patients who recovered from the coronavirus disease celebrate with the medical staff as they leave the hospital in the city of Sale, north of the capital Rabat. AFP
  • A member of a medical team sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a bus in Shobra district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    A member of a medical team sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a bus in Shobra district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA

The Middle East Framed: regional photography for April 4, 2020


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