• Syrian firefighters putting out a burning pipeline between the areas of Adra and Al Dhamir in the Damascus area. AFP
    Syrian firefighters putting out a burning pipeline between the areas of Adra and Al Dhamir in the Damascus area. AFP
  • A young Iraqi is sprayed with disinfectant on his arrival to take part in a mourning ritual, as Shiite Muslims prepare to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, in the central shrine city of Karbala. AFP
    A young Iraqi is sprayed with disinfectant on his arrival to take part in a mourning ritual, as Shiite Muslims prepare to commemorate Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, in the central shrine city of Karbala. AFP
  • Israeli archaeologist Shahar Krispi, 35, displays a gold coin from a hoard dating to the Abbasid Caliphate discovered at an archaeological site near Tel Aviv in central Israel. AFP
    Israeli archaeologist Shahar Krispi, 35, displays a gold coin from a hoard dating to the Abbasid Caliphate discovered at an archaeological site near Tel Aviv in central Israel. AFP
  • Syrian volunteers distribute face masks to passengers travelling on a government bus as part of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Damascus, Syria. EPA
    Syrian volunteers distribute face masks to passengers travelling on a government bus as part of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • A disrupted pipeline which was burning before Syrian firefighters put it out, between the areas of Adra and Al Dhamir in the Damascus area. AFP
    A disrupted pipeline which was burning before Syrian firefighters put it out, between the areas of Adra and Al Dhamir in the Damascus area. AFP
  • A Palestinian woman uses a plastic tray to cool herself down on a hot day during a power cut as a boy sleeps inside their house that is illuminated by battery-powered lights after Gaza's lone power plant shut down amid tension with Israel, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A Palestinian woman uses a plastic tray to cool herself down on a hot day during a power cut as a boy sleeps inside their house that is illuminated by battery-powered lights after Gaza's lone power plant shut down amid tension with Israel, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • The damaged site in Beirut port following the huge explosion that rocked the city on August 4. EPA
    The damaged site in Beirut port following the huge explosion that rocked the city on August 4. EPA
  • A woman buys fresh dates from a street vendor in the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
    A woman buys fresh dates from a street vendor in the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP
  • An Israeli firefighter tries to put out a fire in a field near Kibbutz Nir Am, close to the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.. EPA
    An Israeli firefighter tries to put out a fire in a field near Kibbutz Nir Am, close to the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.. EPA

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