• A Palestinian woman creates a mosaic artwork to be displayed for sale in the local market, in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    A Palestinian woman creates a mosaic artwork to be displayed for sale in the local market, in Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • A Palestinian woman washes kitchen utensils inside a cave she lives in, near Yatta in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    A Palestinian woman washes kitchen utensils inside a cave she lives in, near Yatta in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Syrian refugees make their way to board buses in the northern Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud. AFP
    Syrian refugees make their way to board buses in the northern Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud. AFP
  • Syrian refugees wave from on board a bus in the Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud. AFP
    Syrian refugees wave from on board a bus in the Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud. AFP
  • People attend the opening of the Damascus International Fair at the fairground near Damascus, Syria. EPA
    People attend the opening of the Damascus International Fair at the fairground near Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • Syrian bands perform during the opening of the Damascus International Fair at the fairground near Damascus, Syria. EPA
    Syrian bands perform during the opening of the Damascus International Fair at the fairground near Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • Displaced Iraqis prepare to board a bus at a camp for displaced people in Hammam al-Alil, south of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. AFP
    Displaced Iraqis prepare to board a bus at a camp for displaced people in Hammam al-Alil, south of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. AFP
  • Displaced Iraqis prepare to board a bus at a camp for displaced people in Hammam al-Alil, south of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. AFP
    Displaced Iraqis prepare to board a bus at a camp for displaced people in Hammam al-Alil, south of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. AFP
  • People cast their fishing rods from a pier at sunset in Kuwait City. AFP
    People cast their fishing rods from a pier at sunset in Kuwait City. AFP
  • A picture shows Turkish military vehicles passing through the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib province. AFP
    A picture shows Turkish military vehicles passing through the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • Scarabeo 9, a 115-meter-long and 78-meter-high Frigstad D90-type semi-submersible drilling rig, passes through the Bosphorus Strait en route to the Black Sea in Istanbul. AFP
    Scarabeo 9, a 115-meter-long and 78-meter-high Frigstad D90-type semi-submersible drilling rig, passes through the Bosphorus Strait en route to the Black Sea in Istanbul. AFP

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