• Restoration works ongoing at the historic "Le Palais Hindou" (also known as the "Baron Empain Palace") built by in the early 20th century by Belgian industrialist Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain, in the classical Khmer architectural style of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, in the Egyptian capital Cairo's northeastern Heliopolis district. AFP
    Restoration works ongoing at the historic "Le Palais Hindou" (also known as the "Baron Empain Palace") built by in the early 20th century by Belgian industrialist Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain, in the classical Khmer architectural style of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, in the Egyptian capital Cairo's northeastern Heliopolis district. AFP
  • Relatives of 26-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Samir Al-Taramsi, one of three armed Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli fire along the border with the Gaza Strip, mourn during his funeral in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza strip. AFP
    Relatives of 26-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Samir Al-Taramsi, one of three armed Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli fire along the border with the Gaza Strip, mourn during his funeral in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza strip. AFP
  • A Palestinian boy runs past an Israeli female border police officer on patroll at Damascus gate of Jerusalem's old city. EPA
    A Palestinian boy runs past an Israeli female border police officer on patroll at Damascus gate of Jerusalem's old city. EPA
  • Restoration works ongoing at the historic "Le Palais Hindou" (also known as the "Baron Empain Palace") built by in the early 20th century by Belgian industrialist Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain, in the classical Khmer architectural style of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, in the Egyptian capital Cairo's northeastern Heliopolis district. AFP
    Restoration works ongoing at the historic "Le Palais Hindou" (also known as the "Baron Empain Palace") built by in the early 20th century by Belgian industrialist Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain, in the classical Khmer architectural style of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, in the Egyptian capital Cairo's northeastern Heliopolis district. AFP
  • A Palestinian man gazes at Gaza City from a rooftop ornated with Arabic calligraphy. AFP
    A Palestinian man gazes at Gaza City from a rooftop ornated with Arabic calligraphy. AFP
  • A truck carrying a tank, part of a convoy of Turkish military vehicles, passes through the town of Saraqeb in the northwestern province of Idlib reportedly heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the province. AFP
    A truck carrying a tank, part of a convoy of Turkish military vehicles, passes through the town of Saraqeb in the northwestern province of Idlib reportedly heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the province. AFP
  • An aerial view of a convoy of Turkish military vehicles passing through Maaret Al Numan in Syria's northern province of Idlib reportedly heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the province. AFP
    An aerial view of a convoy of Turkish military vehicles passing through Maaret Al Numan in Syria's northern province of Idlib reportedly heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the province. AFP
  • People take part in white water rafting on the river in Koprulu Canyon in Manavgat, Turkey. Getty Images
    People take part in white water rafting on the river in Koprulu Canyon in Manavgat, Turkey. Getty Images
  • Boys play together as they sit in a container on the island of Arwad, Syria. Reuters
    Boys play together as they sit in a container on the island of Arwad, Syria. Reuters
  • A man works on a boat on the island of Arwad, Syria. Reuters
    A man works on a boat on the island of Arwad, Syria. Reuters

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