• A civil defence worker sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in the eastern neighbourhoods of Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
    A civil defence worker sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in the eastern neighbourhoods of Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
  • Palestinian artists paint protective face masks to encourage people to wear them as a precaution against the coronavirus disease, in Gaza City. Reuters
    Palestinian artists paint protective face masks to encourage people to wear them as a precaution against the coronavirus disease, in Gaza City. Reuters
  • A Palestinian baker finishes a cake, that portrays a woman wearing a facemask, at his shop in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    A Palestinian baker finishes a cake, that portrays a woman wearing a facemask, at his shop in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • A Palestinian man sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus in the streets of Gaza City. EPA
    A Palestinian man sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus in the streets of Gaza City. EPA
  • Men wearing protective masks walk by a mural depicting the citadel of Erbil on an empty street usually packed with tourists near the fort, in the eponymous capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
    Men wearing protective masks walk by a mural depicting the citadel of Erbil on an empty street usually packed with tourists near the fort, in the eponymous capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
  • Labourers wearing protective face masks work on a street in Kuwait City, Kuwait. EPA
    Labourers wearing protective face masks work on a street in Kuwait City, Kuwait. EPA
  • A security man walks along an empty Foch Street before a nighttime curfew imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A security man walks along an empty Foch Street before a nighttime curfew imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • A security man walks outside Le Gray hotel during a nighttime curfew imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A security man walks outside Le Gray hotel during a nighttime curfew imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • A man walks past empty shops during a state of emergency and home confinement orders due to coronavirus, in downtown Rabat, Morocco. AP Photo
    A man walks past empty shops during a state of emergency and home confinement orders due to coronavirus, in downtown Rabat, Morocco. AP Photo
  • A worker disinfects the doors of the closed Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, as general public movements are limited to prevent the spread of coronavirus. AP Photo
    A worker disinfects the doors of the closed Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, as general public movements are limited to prevent the spread of coronavirus. AP Photo
  • A Yemeni volunteer sprays disinfectant over garbage in the one of Sanaa's impoverished neighbourhoods, amid concerns of a coronavirus outbreak. AFP
    A Yemeni volunteer sprays disinfectant over garbage in the one of Sanaa's impoverished neighbourhoods, amid concerns of a coronavirus outbreak. AFP

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for March 31, 2020


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