• Passengers wearing protective masks disembark from a plane upon their arrival at Najaf airport, amid the new coronavirus outbreak, Iraq. Reuters
    Passengers wearing protective masks disembark from a plane upon their arrival at Najaf airport, amid the new coronavirus outbreak, Iraq. Reuters
  • Wildlife veterinarians from Four Paws International and other volunteers undertake a medical examination on a malnourished lion inside its cage at the Al-Qureshi park in Khartoum, Sudan. Reuters
    Wildlife veterinarians from Four Paws International and other volunteers undertake a medical examination on a malnourished lion inside its cage at the Al-Qureshi park in Khartoum, Sudan. Reuters
  • A participant runs near the Giza Pyramids during a race of the Pyramids Half Marathon at the Giza Plateau, Giza, Egypt. EPA
    A participant runs near the Giza Pyramids during a race of the Pyramids Half Marathon at the Giza Plateau, Giza, Egypt. EPA
  • A Palestinian boy holding a flag of Palestine attends with his father a protest against US President Trump's so-called 'Deal of the Century' aimed at solving the conflict between Palestinians and Israel, in the streets of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. EPA
    A Palestinian boy holding a flag of Palestine attends with his father a protest against US President Trump's so-called 'Deal of the Century' aimed at solving the conflict between Palestinians and Israel, in the streets of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. EPA
  • A displaced Syrian woman carries her baby at Marabune camp in Idlib, Syria. Getty Images
    A displaced Syrian woman carries her baby at Marabune camp in Idlib, Syria. Getty Images
  • Israeli soldiers use pepper spray on a Palestinian demonstrator near a Jewish settlement Yitzhar, near the West Bank city of Nablus. AP Photo
    Israeli soldiers use pepper spray on a Palestinian demonstrator near a Jewish settlement Yitzhar, near the West Bank city of Nablus. AP Photo
  • A student spins during the “Wonders of Whirling” workshop of the whirling dervish dance, a form of physically active meditation practiced by Sufis in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
    A student spins during the “Wonders of Whirling” workshop of the whirling dervish dance, a form of physically active meditation practiced by Sufis in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
  • A woman carries a banner as thousands of Algerians take to the street to commemorate the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. AP Photo
    A woman carries a banner as thousands of Algerians take to the street to commemorate the first anniversary of the popular protests in Algiers, Algeria. AP Photo
  • A couple sits in a rocky area as waves crash along the coastline in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A couple sits in a rocky area as waves crash along the coastline in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • Italian pianist Gloria Campaner plays the piano during a concert for cancer patients at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre, in Beirut Lebanon. Reuters
    Italian pianist Gloria Campaner plays the piano during a concert for cancer patients at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre, in Beirut Lebanon. Reuters
  • The flags of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council member states such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain wave at the hotel where the meeting of the Group of Twenty members' finance ministers and central bank governors is set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
    The flags of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council member states such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain wave at the hotel where the meeting of the Group of Twenty members' finance ministers and central bank governors is set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. EPA
  • Men and youths dance as they celebrate the first day of 'reduction in violence' agreed between the Taliban, US and Afghan forces in Kandahar province. AFP
    Men and youths dance as they celebrate the first day of 'reduction in violence' agreed between the Taliban, US and Afghan forces in Kandahar province. AFP

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