• People gather in front of Caglayan courthouse in Istanbul as Republican People's Party chief Canan Kaftancioglu tries to go to a stage for a speech after her trial. AFP
    People gather in front of Caglayan courthouse in Istanbul as Republican People's Party chief Canan Kaftancioglu tries to go to a stage for a speech after her trial. AFP
  • A fisherman dangles his line to catch fish in polluted water off Beirut's seaside Corniche, Lebanon. Reuters
    A fisherman dangles his line to catch fish in polluted water off Beirut's seaside Corniche, Lebanon. Reuters
  • A fisherman dangles his line to catch fish in polluted water off Beirut's seaside Corniche, Lebanon. Reuters
    A fisherman dangles his line to catch fish in polluted water off Beirut's seaside Corniche, Lebanon. Reuters
  • Tents have been erected at Pournara in Cyrpus for migrants and asylum seekers. AFP
    Tents have been erected at Pournara in Cyrpus for migrants and asylum seekers. AFP
  • African migrants lie in the shade at Pournara camp. AFP
    African migrants lie in the shade at Pournara camp. AFP
  • An Emirati woman placed freshly-picked dates from a palm tree into a basket during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi. AFP
    An Emirati woman placed freshly-picked dates from a palm tree into a basket during the annual Liwa Date Festival in the western region of Liwa, south of Abu Dhabi. AFP
  • Judges discuss the quality of Dabbas dates during a completion on the opening day of the Liwa Dates Festival. AP
    Judges discuss the quality of Dabbas dates during a completion on the opening day of the Liwa Dates Festival. AP
  • Palestinian children take a bath in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip during a heatwave. AFP
    Palestinian children take a bath in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip during a heatwave. AFP
  • Protesters hold up placards reading 'You will never walk alone' as they demonstrate in front of Caglayan court house in Istanbul in support of Republican People's Party chief Canan Kaftancioglu, who faces up to 17 years in prison for allegedly 'insulting the Turkish President'. AFP
    Protesters hold up placards reading 'You will never walk alone' as they demonstrate in front of Caglayan court house in Istanbul in support of Republican People's Party chief Canan Kaftancioglu, who faces up to 17 years in prison for allegedly 'insulting the Turkish President'. AFP
  • A Palestinian woman gives her children a bath in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, during a heatwave. AFP
    A Palestinian woman gives her children a bath in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, during a heatwave. AFP
  • US Marine Corps General Kenneth F McKenzie Jr and Lieutenant General Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz al-Saud are shown by coalition spokesman Colonel Turki bin Saleh al-Malki Iranian weapons seized by Saudi Arabian forces from Yemen's Houthi rebels, during a visit to a military base in al-Kharj in central Saudi Arabia. AFP
    US Marine Corps General Kenneth F McKenzie Jr and Lieutenant General Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz al-Saud are shown by coalition spokesman Colonel Turki bin Saleh al-Malki Iranian weapons seized by Saudi Arabian forces from Yemen's Houthi rebels, during a visit to a military base in al-Kharj in central Saudi Arabia. AFP

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