• A few pilgrims circumambulating the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. AFP
    A few pilgrims circumambulating the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. AFP
  • An elderly Palestinian man sits in front of a mural depicting the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, in Gaza City. AFP
    An elderly Palestinian man sits in front of a mural depicting the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, in Gaza City. AFP
  • Smoke rises on the Lebanon side of the border near the Lebanese village of Shebaa after Israeli artillery shelling in response to an attempted Hezbollah attack. EPA
    Smoke rises on the Lebanon side of the border near the Lebanese village of Shebaa after Israeli artillery shelling in response to an attempted Hezbollah attack. EPA
  • Children wear face masks sewed by displaced Syrian women at a camp for the internally displaced people near the town of Maaret Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
    Children wear face masks sewed by displaced Syrian women at a camp for the internally displaced people near the town of Maaret Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • Worshippers pray in Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul, during the first Muslim prayers since the controversial reconversion of the iconic Istanbul cathedral into a mosque. AFP
    Worshippers pray in Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul, during the first Muslim prayers since the controversial reconversion of the iconic Istanbul cathedral into a mosque. AFP
  • Thirty-years old displaced Syrian woman Umm Hussein sews protective face masks at a camp for the internally displaced people near the town of Maaret Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
    Thirty-years old displaced Syrian woman Umm Hussein sews protective face masks at a camp for the internally displaced people near the town of Maaret Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • A child of a labourer uses a shovel to dry sweets inside its factory ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice', in Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP
    A child of a labourer uses a shovel to dry sweets inside its factory ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice', in Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP
  • Palestinian women wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, shop at a clothing store as Muslims prepare for the Eid al-Adha feast, in the West Bank city of Hebron. AFP
    Palestinian women wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, shop at a clothing store as Muslims prepare for the Eid al-Adha feast, in the West Bank city of Hebron. AFP
  • The remains of a protest tent that was burnt the previous night in Baghdad's Tahrir Square. Two demonstrators died in Baghdad overnight after being shot in confrontations with security forces. AFP
    The remains of a protest tent that was burnt the previous night in Baghdad's Tahrir Square. Two demonstrators died in Baghdad overnight after being shot in confrontations with security forces. AFP

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