• Members of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces march during a parade in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. AFP
    Members of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces march during a parade in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. AFP
  • The Saudi army demonstrates it is prepared for any circumstance ahead of Hajj. AFP
    The Saudi army demonstrates it is prepared for any circumstance ahead of Hajj. AFP
  • Syrian refugees gather their belongings as they prepare to be evacuated from the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa back to Syria. AFP
    Syrian refugees gather their belongings as they prepare to be evacuated from the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa back to Syria. AFP
  • Mohamed Oussama walks along the Nabuel beach in northern Tunisia. The 27-year-old engineer set out in July to walk a 300 kilometre stretch of Tunisian coastline cleaning up a string of 30 beaches along the way. AFP
    Mohamed Oussama walks along the Nabuel beach in northern Tunisia. The 27-year-old engineer set out in July to walk a 300 kilometre stretch of Tunisian coastline cleaning up a string of 30 beaches along the way. AFP
  • Egyptian students of the Ballet Motion Ballet center attend a class in Cairo. EPA
    Egyptian students of the Ballet Motion Ballet center attend a class in Cairo. EPA
  • Egyptian students of the Ballet Motion Ballet center attend a class in Cairo. EPA
    Egyptian students of the Ballet Motion Ballet center attend a class in Cairo. EPA
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, right. welcoming Yemeni President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi at the presidential palace in Cairo. EPA
    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, right. welcoming Yemeni President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi at the presidential palace in Cairo. EPA
  • Local residents fry meat on an open fire in the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus. AP
    Local residents fry meat on an open fire in the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus. AP
  • Motorists pass by in Damascus. AP
    Motorists pass by in Damascus. AP
  • A member of the Russian military stands near a Syrian woman outside a house in Yalda, in the southern suburbs of Damascus. AFP
    A member of the Russian military stands near a Syrian woman outside a house in Yalda, in the southern suburbs of Damascus. AFP
  • Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra musicians take part in a rehearsal at Baghdad's School of Music and Ballet. AFP
    Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra musicians take part in a rehearsal at Baghdad's School of Music and Ballet. AFP
  • An Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra musician takes part in a rehearsal at Baghdad's School of Music and Ballet. AFP
    An Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra musician takes part in a rehearsal at Baghdad's School of Music and Ballet. AFP
  • Afghan Internally Displaced Persons receive food rations distributed by the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA
    Afghan Internally Displaced Persons receive food rations distributed by the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA
  • Afghan people, some in wheelchairs, hold pamphlets and banners reading in Dari 'Peace March' as they reach Helmand province on a journey by foot from Herat province to Kabul. EPA
    Afghan people, some in wheelchairs, hold pamphlets and banners reading in Dari 'Peace March' as they reach Helmand province on a journey by foot from Herat province to Kabul. EPA

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