• Lebanese couples, wearing protective face masks, sit on the steps during a group wedding at the Temple of Bacchus at the historic site of Baalbek in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley. AFP
    Lebanese couples, wearing protective face masks, sit on the steps during a group wedding at the Temple of Bacchus at the historic site of Baalbek in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley. AFP
  • Palestinians sunbathing on a beach in Gaza City on a hot summer day. AFP
    Palestinians sunbathing on a beach in Gaza City on a hot summer day. AFP
  • People pray inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, during afternoon prayers, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. AP
    People pray inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, during afternoon prayers, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. AP
  • Iraqi youths play atop a sunken boat in front of amid rubbish floating in the Shatt Al Arab river in the southern port city of Basra. AFP
    Iraqi youths play atop a sunken boat in front of amid rubbish floating in the Shatt Al Arab river in the southern port city of Basra. AFP
  • Yemeni children walk past historic buildings in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    Yemeni children walk past historic buildings in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • This picture taken ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage season in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah shows a view of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the centre of the Grand Mosque complex. AFP
    This picture taken ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage season in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah shows a view of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the centre of the Grand Mosque complex. AFP
  • A fire seen from the Israeli side of the border on a Syrian observation post, caused by an Israeli army helicopter attack, on the Israeli-Syrian border next to the village of Majdal Shams, late. EPA
    A fire seen from the Israeli side of the border on a Syrian observation post, caused by an Israeli army helicopter attack, on the Israeli-Syrian border next to the village of Majdal Shams, late. EPA
  • Anti-Hezbollah protesters shout slogans and hold a placard with the UN Resolution 1559, which was adopted in September 2004, that called for disarmament all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias, during a sit-in against Hezbollah and Iran in front the United Nations headquarters, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
    Anti-Hezbollah protesters shout slogans and hold a placard with the UN Resolution 1559, which was adopted in September 2004, that called for disarmament all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias, during a sit-in against Hezbollah and Iran in front the United Nations headquarters, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

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