• Palestinian fishermen row a boat after catching fish in the Mediterranean sea off Gaza City at sunrise. AFP
    Palestinian fishermen row a boat after catching fish in the Mediterranean sea off Gaza City at sunrise. AFP
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Reuters
    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Reuters
  • People feed seagulls on a bridge over the Tigris river as the sun sets in Baghdad, Iraq. AP
    People feed seagulls on a bridge over the Tigris river as the sun sets in Baghdad, Iraq. AP
  • Citizens shopping at Spinneys supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese authorities have ordered the closure of all restaurants, nightclubs, coffee shops and bars to limit the spread of coronavirus. EPA
    Citizens shopping at Spinneys supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese authorities have ordered the closure of all restaurants, nightclubs, coffee shops and bars to limit the spread of coronavirus. EPA
  • A general view of Al-Aweer desert farm in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, which adopted a food security plan, following the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, to cultivate the desert and provide crops locally and also to reduce imports from abroad. AFP
    A general view of Al-Aweer desert farm in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, which adopted a food security plan, following the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, to cultivate the desert and provide crops locally and also to reduce imports from abroad. AFP
  • A passenger walks past an aquarium at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AP
    A passenger walks past an aquarium at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AP
  • At the forensic medicine department in Tripoli Medical Center, Libyans seeking news of loved ones inspect belongings of people found in mass graves in June last year near Tarhuna, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the capital Tripoli. Human Rights Watch appealed to Libya's government to launch an investigation aimed at identifying hundreds of people reported missing in a western town where mass graves have been unearthed. AFP
    At the forensic medicine department in Tripoli Medical Center, Libyans seeking news of loved ones inspect belongings of people found in mass graves in June last year near Tarhuna, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the capital Tripoli. Human Rights Watch appealed to Libya's government to launch an investigation aimed at identifying hundreds of people reported missing in a western town where mass graves have been unearthed. AFP
  • People enjoy their lunch by the seaside, at Kadikoy in Istanbul. AFP
    People enjoy their lunch by the seaside, at Kadikoy in Istanbul. AFP

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