• A person rides a bicycle as the sun sets on an empty street during the first day of three-week lockdown in Tel Aviv, Israel. AP
    A person rides a bicycle as the sun sets on an empty street during the first day of three-week lockdown in Tel Aviv, Israel. AP
  • People take pictures next to a tree ahead of Christmas at a mall, amid fears over rising numbers of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Amman, Jordan. REUTERS
    People take pictures next to a tree ahead of Christmas at a mall, amid fears over rising numbers of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Amman, Jordan. REUTERS
  • Egyptian worker Mosaad Masoud makes glass items for decorating Christmas trees at a glass workshop in Al Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Egyptian worker Mosaad Masoud makes glass items for decorating Christmas trees at a glass workshop in Al Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Syrians visit Zawaya Art Gallery in Damascus, Syria, The 5-day 'Experience No 5' gallery is created by Chantal Kabbabe. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI
    Syrians visit Zawaya Art Gallery in Damascus, Syria, The 5-day 'Experience No 5' gallery is created by Chantal Kabbabe. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI
  • A drone picture takenshows a camp for displaced Syrians near the town of Kafr Lusin by the border with Turkey, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib. AFP
    A drone picture takenshows a camp for displaced Syrians near the town of Kafr Lusin by the border with Turkey, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib. AFP
  • A street vendor sells face masks used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), along a street in Beirut, Lebanon. REUTERS
    A street vendor sells face masks used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), along a street in Beirut, Lebanon. REUTERS
  • Nyck de Vries of the Netherlands driving the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11 during the F1 Young Drivers Test at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. GETTY IMAGES
    Nyck de Vries of the Netherlands driving the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11 during the F1 Young Drivers Test at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. GETTY IMAGES
  • Turkey has announced a four-day lockdown starting New Year's Eve to go on until the morning of Jan 4. to curb the spread of COVID-19. The government this month re-introduced weekend lockdowns as well as nighttime curfews amid a spike in infections and deaths. It has avoided a full lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic to keep the economy running. AP
    Turkey has announced a four-day lockdown starting New Year's Eve to go on until the morning of Jan 4. to curb the spread of COVID-19. The government this month re-introduced weekend lockdowns as well as nighttime curfews amid a spike in infections and deaths. It has avoided a full lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic to keep the economy running. AP

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