• An aerial view of Syrians gathering for a demonstration by the ruins of a building that was hit in prior bombardment and adorned with a giant flag of the Syrian opposition, in the town of Ariha in the rebel-held northwestern Idlib province. AFP
    An aerial view of Syrians gathering for a demonstration by the ruins of a building that was hit in prior bombardment and adorned with a giant flag of the Syrian opposition, in the town of Ariha in the rebel-held northwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • Palestinian volunteers distribute food to empoverished people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during a lockdown in the Palestinian enclave due to increasing cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus infections. AFP
    Palestinian volunteers distribute food to empoverished people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during a lockdown in the Palestinian enclave due to increasing cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus infections. AFP
  • Palestinian members of staff pray in an almost empty mosque in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    Palestinian members of staff pray in an almost empty mosque in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • Palestinian fishermen remove crabs from a net in Gaza City. Reuters
    Palestinian fishermen remove crabs from a net in Gaza City. Reuters
  • Children play with a football past rubble and destruction along a street in the Gemmayzeh district of Lebanon's capital Beirut in the aftermath of the monster blast at the nearby post which devastated the city. AFP
    Children play with a football past rubble and destruction along a street in the Gemmayzeh district of Lebanon's capital Beirut in the aftermath of the monster blast at the nearby post which devastated the city. AFP
  • An aerial view of children playing with a football past rubble and destruction along a street in the Gemmayzeh district of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP
    An aerial view of children playing with a football past rubble and destruction along a street in the Gemmayzeh district of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP
  • Worshippers gather near the Imam al-Abbas Shrine as they commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, during the Islamic month of Muharram in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. AFP
    Worshippers gather near the Imam al-Abbas Shrine as they commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, during the Islamic month of Muharram in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. AFP
  • A worker sprays disinfectant as worshippers gather near the Imam al-Abbas Shrine. AFP
    A worker sprays disinfectant as worshippers gather near the Imam al-Abbas Shrine. AFP
  • Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wearing a protective face mask as he listens to a reciting of the Quran and a speaker at the empty mosque in his residence compound during the holy month of Muharram, ahead of Ashura day, in Tehran, Iran. EPA
    Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wearing a protective face mask as he listens to a reciting of the Quran and a speaker at the empty mosque in his residence compound during the holy month of Muharram, ahead of Ashura day, in Tehran, Iran. EPA
  • Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein receiving his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud in Baghdad. AFP
    Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein receiving his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud in Baghdad. AFP
  • Cows graze on grass as a young farmer watches them, near a village in Yemen's Jabal Haraz mountainous region located between the capital Sanaa and the city of Hodeidah. AFP
    Cows graze on grass as a young farmer watches them, near a village in Yemen's Jabal Haraz mountainous region located between the capital Sanaa and the city of Hodeidah. AFP
  • Muslims wearing protective face masks are seen at Al-Azhar mosque for the first Friday prayers after reopening it as the government eased restrictions, in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    Muslims wearing protective face masks are seen at Al-Azhar mosque for the first Friday prayers after reopening it as the government eased restrictions, in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Muslims maintain social distance as they pray inside the Al-Azhar mosque during the first Friday prayers after reopening, in the old area of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    Muslims maintain social distance as they pray inside the Al-Azhar mosque during the first Friday prayers after reopening, in the old area of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Three small rescue boats that are part of the Sea-Watch 4 civil sea rescue ship approching he pink rescue boat "Louise Michel" off the coast of Libya. British street artist Banksy is funding the Louise Michel, covered with his own artwork, to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean. AFP
    Three small rescue boats that are part of the Sea-Watch 4 civil sea rescue ship approching he pink rescue boat "Louise Michel" off the coast of Libya. British street artist Banksy is funding the Louise Michel, covered with his own artwork, to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean. AFP

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