• Members of Mosul's civil defence team evacuate Iraqis after their house was flooded due to heavy rains. EPA
    Members of Mosul's civil defence team evacuate Iraqis after their house was flooded due to heavy rains. EPA
  • An Iraqi sells cooking gas on the back of his pick-truck at a residential neighbourhood in Baghdad. AFP
    An Iraqi sells cooking gas on the back of his pick-truck at a residential neighbourhood in Baghdad. AFP
  • Lebanon's Middle East Airlines planes are parked on the tarmac of Beirut International Airport. AFP
    Lebanon's Middle East Airlines planes are parked on the tarmac of Beirut International Airport. AFP
  • The arrival hall of Beirut International Airport stands empty amid restrictions to combat the coronavirus across Lebanon. AFP
    The arrival hall of Beirut International Airport stands empty amid restrictions to combat the coronavirus across Lebanon. AFP
  • A Palestinian working in Israel heads to work with others through a border checkpoint. Reuters
    A Palestinian working in Israel heads to work with others through a border checkpoint. Reuters
  • A Palestinian working in Israel heads to work with others through a border checkpoint. Reuters
    A Palestinian working in Israel heads to work with others through a border checkpoint. Reuters
  • Palestinian health workers wear protective facemasks in the courtyard of a United Nations school at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian health workers wear protective facemasks in the courtyard of a United Nations school at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. AFP
  • A resident in a protective face mask walks past Kuwait City buildings on his way to work. EPA
    A resident in a protective face mask walks past Kuwait City buildings on his way to work. EPA
  • Visually impaired Yemeni grooms attend a wedding ceremony in Sanaa. EPA
    Visually impaired Yemeni grooms attend a wedding ceremony in Sanaa. EPA
  • Moroccan government workers wander around the Yaqoub Al-Mansour district of the capital, Rabat, to urge citizens to stay at home in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. EPA
    Moroccan government workers wander around the Yaqoub Al-Mansour district of the capital, Rabat, to urge citizens to stay at home in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. EPA
  • Lake Tunis in Tunisia remains deserted shortly before a night curfew comes into force to halt the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
    Lake Tunis in Tunisia remains deserted shortly before a night curfew comes into force to halt the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
  • A man in a face mask crosses a street at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis shortly before a night curfew. AFP
    A man in a face mask crosses a street at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis shortly before a night curfew. AFP
  • A man walk pasts a bus station which was closed down by the authorities as part of precautions taken against coronavirus, in downtown Amman, Jordan. EPA
    A man walk pasts a bus station which was closed down by the authorities as part of precautions taken against coronavirus, in downtown Amman, Jordan. EPA

The Middle East framed - regional photography for March 19, 2020

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March 19, 2020

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