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Liwa Moreeb Dune Festival 2019 gets under way - in pictures
UAE residents visit Dubai's Al Qudra Lakes on the first day of 2019 - in pictures
Hundreds of thousands enjoy spectacular UAE New Year fireworks
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A Palestinian horseman rides on the beach at sunset a few hours prior to the new year's celebrations, west of in Gaza city. AFP -
Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arab horses during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert. AFP -
The Houthi rebels' military wing spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Saria gives a news conference in Sana'a, Yemen. According to reports, the UN has cast doubt over claims by the Houthi rebels that they started pulling their forces from the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeidah under the recent ceasefire agreement reached between the Yemeni Saudi-backed government and the Houthi rebels. EPA -
An Iraqi policeman stands guard as Iraqis celebrate the New Year in Baghdad. AFP -
Palestinian children play at a refugee camp in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP -
An Iraqi soldier stands guard as Iraqis celebrate the New Year in Baghdad. AFP -
French Dassault Rafale fighter-bomber aircraft parked at the Royal Jordanian Air Force's Prince Hassan Air Base (H5), about 117 kilometres northwest of the capital Amman. AFP -
Fireworks illuminate the night sky during New Year's celebrations in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA -
Members of the Self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) special forces attend a graduation ceremony in Benghazi. AFP
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