• Palestinian women take part in a protest against a US-brokered Middle East peace plan in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian women take part in a protest against a US-brokered Middle East peace plan in Gaza City. AFP
  • A health services staff member wearing protective gear (R) checks the body temperature of a passenger (C) at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. AFP
    A health services staff member wearing protective gear (R) checks the body temperature of a passenger (C) at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. AFP
  • Tunisian President Kais Saied (R) reviewing guards of honor at the Presidency palace in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
    Tunisian President Kais Saied (R) reviewing guards of honor at the Presidency palace in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
  • Iraqi universities students carry a banner reading in Arabic ' We demand a non-controversial Prime Minister' during a strike and protests in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    Iraqi universities students carry a banner reading in Arabic ' We demand a non-controversial Prime Minister' during a strike and protests in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • A Palestinian shepherd leads his herd near the West Bank Israeli settlement of Tomer in the Jordan Valley. AFP
    A Palestinian shepherd leads his herd near the West Bank Israeli settlement of Tomer in the Jordan Valley. AFP
  • Companies are closing and restaurants are half empty but in the gloom of Lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades a building is seen under construction in Beirut, Lebanon. AFP
    Companies are closing and restaurants are half empty but in the gloom of Lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades a building is seen under construction in Beirut, Lebanon. AFP
  • A woman wearing a burqa sits next to her disabled child at the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) hospital in Herat province. AFP
    A woman wearing a burqa sits next to her disabled child at the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) hospital in Herat province. AFP
  • African migrants Mustapha (R), 18, and his travel companions Ahmed (C),17, and Omar, 17, return to their hideout in the Belyounech forest, a few kilometres from Ceuta on Morocco's northern coast. AFP
    African migrants Mustapha (R), 18, and his travel companions Ahmed (C),17, and Omar, 17, return to their hideout in the Belyounech forest, a few kilometres from Ceuta on Morocco's northern coast. AFP
  • Syrians gather during a symbolic protest in the city of Harem in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib on the border with Turkey. AFP
    Syrians gather during a symbolic protest in the city of Harem in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib on the border with Turkey. AFP
  • Passengers, wearing masks, depart Aswan International Airport in the Egyptian city, some 920 kms south of the capital Cairo. AFP
    Passengers, wearing masks, depart Aswan International Airport in the Egyptian city, some 920 kms south of the capital Cairo. AFP

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