• Ashraf Adli of Morocco in action during a match between Iceland and Morocco at the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Ashraf Adli of Morocco in action during a match between Iceland and Morocco at the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • A street cleaner welcomes a media delegation in a bus during the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    A street cleaner welcomes a media delegation in a bus during the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Palestinian youths collect plastic and scrap metal to be sold for recycling in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    Palestinian youths collect plastic and scrap metal to be sold for recycling in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Austria's Nikola Stevanovic in action during a match between Norway and Austria at the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Giza, Egypt. Reuters
    Austria's Nikola Stevanovic in action during a match between Norway and Austria at the 27th Men's Handball World Championship, in Giza, Egypt. Reuters
  • Seagulls chase scraps on the Tigris River in central Baghdad, Iraq. AFP
    Seagulls chase scraps on the Tigris River in central Baghdad, Iraq. AFP
  • Iraqi artist Ali Al-Baghdadi paints at his studio in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    Iraqi artist Ali Al-Baghdadi paints at his studio in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • People sift through a rubbish dump close to an oilfield, near the city of Malikiya, in northeast Syria. AFP
    People sift through a rubbish dump close to an oilfield, near the city of Malikiya, in northeast Syria. AFP
  • A woman feeds birds at Taksim Square, with Taksim Mosque in the background, in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
    A woman feeds birds at Taksim Square, with Taksim Mosque in the background, in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
  • Grand Camlica Mosque at Camlica Hill, pictured after a snowfall in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
    Grand Camlica Mosque at Camlica Hill, pictured after a snowfall in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
  • A Palestinian man sits by the coast on a rainy day in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A Palestinian man sits by the coast on a rainy day in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • A missile being fired during a military drill. Iran's military began a ground forces drill on Tuesday, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported. AP
    A missile being fired during a military drill. Iran's military began a ground forces drill on Tuesday, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported. AP

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