• 19-year-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi painting in her studio in Kabul. Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in a country that routinely discriminates against women and disabled people. AFP
    19-year-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi painting in her studio in Kabul. Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in a country that routinely discriminates against women and disabled people. AFP
  • Syrian father Abdullah al-Mohammed gestures with his three-year-old daughter Salwa at their home in Sarmada, a town in Syria's last rebel pocket in the Idlib province, which Russian-backed Syrian regime forces are trying to crush. In Syria's Idlib, there's no escaping the war, so Abdullah al-Mohammed says the only way he found to reassure his daughter Salwa was to turn the shelling into a game. A video in which she laughs every time an explosion goes off was widely shared on social media in recent days as a heartening but grim reminder of Idlib residents' daily lives. AFP
    Syrian father Abdullah al-Mohammed gestures with his three-year-old daughter Salwa at their home in Sarmada, a town in Syria's last rebel pocket in the Idlib province, which Russian-backed Syrian regime forces are trying to crush. In Syria's Idlib, there's no escaping the war, so Abdullah al-Mohammed says the only way he found to reassure his daughter Salwa was to turn the shelling into a game. A video in which she laughs every time an explosion goes off was widely shared on social media in recent days as a heartening but grim reminder of Idlib residents' daily lives. AFP
  • Syrian children play at a makeshift camp for displaced people who fled pro-regime forces attacks in the Idlib and Aleppo province north of the city of Idlib, near the Turkish border. AFP
    Syrian children play at a makeshift camp for displaced people who fled pro-regime forces attacks in the Idlib and Aleppo province north of the city of Idlib, near the Turkish border. AFP
  • A journalist walks at Aleppo international airport which has reopened for the first time in years, in Syria. Reuters
    A journalist walks at Aleppo international airport which has reopened for the first time in years, in Syria. Reuters
  • Palestinian Dema Saadya,16, takes part in a horseback riding training session at al-Forissay club in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian Dema Saadya,16, takes part in a horseback riding training session at al-Forissay club in Gaza City. AFP
  • Protesters prepare to use slingshots to fire a stone at security forces during clashes in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
    Protesters prepare to use slingshots to fire a stone at security forces during clashes in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
  • Palestinian children attend a class in an open area after Israeli troops removed the caravan used as classroom at Sosya area south of Hebron City. EPA
    Palestinian children attend a class in an open area after Israeli troops removed the caravan used as classroom at Sosya area south of Hebron City. EPA
  • A Neanderthal skull, flattened by thousands of years of sediment and rock fall, is seen in Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq. Reuters
    A Neanderthal skull, flattened by thousands of years of sediment and rock fall, is seen in Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq. Reuters
  • Palestinian fishermen riding a boat cast their net as birds fly off the coast of Gaza City. Reuters
    Palestinian fishermen riding a boat cast their net as birds fly off the coast of Gaza City. Reuters
  • Yemeni girl Shahd Al-Harlthi, 13, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Amman, Jordan, following a United Nations medical evacuation from Yemen's capital Sanaa. EPA
    Yemeni girl Shahd Al-Harlthi, 13, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Amman, Jordan, following a United Nations medical evacuation from Yemen's capital Sanaa. EPA
  • Migrants are pictured in the Libyan town of Tajura, about 14km east of the capital Tripoli, after some 240 illegal migrants of different African nationalities were rescued from the Mediterranean. AFP
    Migrants are pictured in the Libyan town of Tajura, about 14km east of the capital Tripoli, after some 240 illegal migrants of different African nationalities were rescued from the Mediterranean. AFP
  • Algerian security forces encircle an anti-government demonstration by Algerian students and other protesters in the capital Algiers. AFP
    Algerian security forces encircle an anti-government demonstration by Algerian students and other protesters in the capital Algiers. AFP
  • Anti-government protesters light candles after protester Ahmad Tawfik died, in Martyrs' Square, Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    Anti-government protesters light candles after protester Ahmad Tawfik died, in Martyrs' Square, Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
  • Fog covers the base of the Kuwait Towers, in the capital Kuwait City. AFP
    Fog covers the base of the Kuwait Towers, in the capital Kuwait City. AFP

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