• A Palestinian waiter, dressed as Santa Claus, takes an order at "Maldive Gaza" cafe on a beach in Gaza City. Reuters
    A Palestinian waiter, dressed as Santa Claus, takes an order at "Maldive Gaza" cafe on a beach in Gaza City. Reuters
  • Jordanian artist and architect Saleh Mansour poses with his cityscape sketch on a mask to encourage people to wear them in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
    Jordanian artist and architect Saleh Mansour poses with his cityscape sketch on a mask to encourage people to wear them in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
  • Annie Orfalian, 45, plays with dogs at her dog shelter in Damascus, Syria. Reuters
    Annie Orfalian, 45, plays with dogs at her dog shelter in Damascus, Syria. Reuters
  • A woman wearing a face mask walks at Ledra main shipping street in front of a graffiti in the medieval core of capital Nicosia, Cyprus. AP Photo
    A woman wearing a face mask walks at Ledra main shipping street in front of a graffiti in the medieval core of capital Nicosia, Cyprus. AP Photo
  • Palestinian Christian jeweller Melad Al-Amash displays a piece of gold Jewellery reading 'Merry Christmas' at his store in Gaza City. Reuters
    Palestinian Christian jeweller Melad Al-Amash displays a piece of gold Jewellery reading 'Merry Christmas' at his store in Gaza City. Reuters
  • People visiting Iraq International Book Fair in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    People visiting Iraq International Book Fair in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • Newly arrived Ethiopian refugees who fled Ethiopia's Tigray conflict rest at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan. AFP
    Newly arrived Ethiopian refugees who fled Ethiopia's Tigray conflict rest at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan. AFP
  • Ammar Mouwfaq, 70, stands inside his soap shop in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. Mouwfaq inherited the business in 1955 and for decades his family have imported olive soap from Aleppo, Syria, a trade that has dated back hundreds of years. That came to a stop when ISIS took control of the area in 2014. AP photo
    Ammar Mouwfaq, 70, stands inside his soap shop in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. Mouwfaq inherited the business in 1955 and for decades his family have imported olive soap from Aleppo, Syria, a trade that has dated back hundreds of years. That came to a stop when ISIS took control of the area in 2014. AP photo
  • A groom with a prosthetic leg and crutches attends with others a mass wedding for thousands of couples including the poor, handicapped, and wounded, in Yemen's capital Sanaa. AFP
    A groom with a prosthetic leg and crutches attends with others a mass wedding for thousands of couples including the poor, handicapped, and wounded, in Yemen's capital Sanaa. AFP
  • A slogan is painted on a barrier in front of towering grain silos gutted in the massive August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A slogan is painted on a barrier in front of towering grain silos gutted in the massive August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo

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