• A child swims in a canal branching off from the River Nile in the village of El-Boghdadi, near Luxor, Egypt. Bloomberg
    A child swims in a canal branching off from the River Nile in the village of El-Boghdadi, near Luxor, Egypt. Bloomberg
  • A Syrian government tank drives next to a building near the town of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province. AFP
    A Syrian government tank drives next to a building near the town of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province. AFP
  • Police stand guard during a demonstration against the Turkish government's removal from office of three pro-Kurdish mayors in Ankara. AFP
    Police stand guard during a demonstration against the Turkish government's removal from office of three pro-Kurdish mayors in Ankara. AFP
  • Demonstrators are hit by a water cannon as they clash with riot police during a protest against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities, in Diyarbakir. AFP
    Demonstrators are hit by a water cannon as they clash with riot police during a protest against the replacement of Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities, in Diyarbakir. AFP
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) search for victims amid the rubble of a building that collapsed during reported air strikes by pro-regime forces in the village of Beinin, north of Maaret al-Numan, in the northern Idlib province. AFP
    Members of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) search for victims amid the rubble of a building that collapsed during reported air strikes by pro-regime forces in the village of Beinin, north of Maaret al-Numan, in the northern Idlib province. AFP
  • Actors on stage participate in a play about climate change in an open-air theatre in the village of El-Boghdadi, near Luxor, Egypt. Bloomberg
    Actors on stage participate in a play about climate change in an open-air theatre in the village of El-Boghdadi, near Luxor, Egypt. Bloomberg
  • A farmer looks over irrigation ditches in a field as part of water-saving measures in the village of El-Boghdadi, near Luxor, Egypt. Bloomberg
    A farmer looks over irrigation ditches in a field as part of water-saving measures in the village of El-Boghdadi, near Luxor, Egypt. Bloomberg
  • Moroccan youths take part in a recruitment process for military service at an air force base in the city of Kenitra, Morocco begins selecting recruits, the first batch since the resumption to compulsory military service. AFP
    Moroccan youths take part in a recruitment process for military service at an air force base in the city of Kenitra, Morocco begins selecting recruits, the first batch since the resumption to compulsory military service. AFP
  • Moroccan youths take part in a recruitment process for military service at an air force base in the city of Kenitra, Morocco begins selecting recruits, the first batch since the resumption to compulsory military service. AFP
    Moroccan youths take part in a recruitment process for military service at an air force base in the city of Kenitra, Morocco begins selecting recruits, the first batch since the resumption to compulsory military service. AFP
  • A member of Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker Shero Hinde's mobile cinema "Komina Film" initiative prepares a laptop connected to a projector and screen for a film screening for children at a school yard in the village of Shaghir Bazar, 55km southest of Qamishli in the Kurdish-populated areas of northeastern Syria's Hasakeh province. AFP
    A member of Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker Shero Hinde's mobile cinema "Komina Film" initiative prepares a laptop connected to a projector and screen for a film screening for children at a school yard in the village of Shaghir Bazar, 55km southest of Qamishli in the Kurdish-populated areas of northeastern Syria's Hasakeh province. AFP

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