• Iraq's President Barham Salih stands with Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah during a welcoming ceremony in Baghdad. The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq Office / Handout via Reuters
    Iraq's President Barham Salih stands with Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah during a welcoming ceremony in Baghdad. The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq Office / Handout via Reuters
  • Iraqis inspect the damage at a drilling facility that was hit by a Katyusha rocket in the Burjesiya area, north of the Iraqi city of Basra. AFP
    Iraqis inspect the damage at a drilling facility that was hit by a Katyusha rocket in the Burjesiya area, north of the Iraqi city of Basra. AFP
  • Employees and security are seen inside the Cairo International Stadium ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations opening soccer match between Egypt and Zimbabwe in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    Employees and security are seen inside the Cairo International Stadium ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations opening soccer match between Egypt and Zimbabwe in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Iraqi security forces are seen during an anti-government protest in front of the Governorate building in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
    Iraqi security forces are seen during an anti-government protest in front of the Governorate building in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
  • A Palestinian youth uses his phone to takes a "selfie" in front of a poster depicting the late former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    A Palestinian youth uses his phone to takes a "selfie" in front of a poster depicting the late former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Iraqi demonstrators gather during an anti-government protest in front of the Governorate building in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
    Iraqi demonstrators gather during an anti-government protest in front of the Governorate building in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
  • In this photo, Lebanese children look from the rooftop of their home at a Syrian camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon. AP
    In this photo, Lebanese children look from the rooftop of their home at a Syrian camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon. AP
  • The damaged Panama-flagged, Japanese owned oil tanker Kokuka Courageous is seen behind a US sailor, off Fujairah. AP
    The damaged Panama-flagged, Japanese owned oil tanker Kokuka Courageous is seen behind a US sailor, off Fujairah. AP
  • Sailors stand on deck above a hole the US Navy says was made by a limpet mine. AP
    Sailors stand on deck above a hole the US Navy says was made by a limpet mine. AP
  • A Yemeni waves a flag during a protest against the aid suspension of the World Food Programme, outside the UN offices in Sanaa. EPA
    A Yemeni waves a flag during a protest against the aid suspension of the World Food Programme, outside the UN offices in Sanaa. EPA
  • Yemenis protest against the suspension of aid provided by the World Food Programme. AFP
    Yemenis protest against the suspension of aid provided by the World Food Programme. AFP
  • Turkish police officers patrol the dock, backdropped by the drilling ship 'Yavuz' scheduled to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul. AP
    Turkish police officers patrol the dock, backdropped by the drilling ship 'Yavuz' scheduled to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul. AP
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets", carry away a body on a stretcher following a reported government air strike in the village of Benin, about 30 kilometres south of Idlib in northwestern Syria. AFP
    Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets", carry away a body on a stretcher following a reported government air strike in the village of Benin, about 30 kilometres south of Idlib in northwestern Syria. AFP

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