• Mask-clad boys play football in front of the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
    Mask-clad boys play football in front of the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
  • Iraqi Kurds gather in a popular market area after sunset to eat and play traditional games, including cards and dominoes, in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. AFP
    Iraqi Kurds gather in a popular market area after sunset to eat and play traditional games, including cards and dominoes, in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. AFP
  • Israeli soldiers stand guard near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Israeli soldiers stand guard near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Russian army forces seen nearby as Turkish army soldiers guard the road and prevent civilians from ferrying to ensure protection for the Russian-Turkish joint patrol in Idlib, Syria. Turkey and Russia joint patrol on the M4 highway was hit by an artillery shell but without damage done. EPA
    Russian army forces seen nearby as Turkish army soldiers guard the road and prevent civilians from ferrying to ensure protection for the Russian-Turkish joint patrol in Idlib, Syria. Turkey and Russia joint patrol on the M4 highway was hit by an artillery shell but without damage done. EPA
  • A mask-clad woman is reflected in a mirror at the main market of the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
    A mask-clad woman is reflected in a mirror at the main market of the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. AFP
  • Family members and relatives mourn the death of Palestinian youth Zaid Al-Qaysiya, aged 15, during his funeral in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Qaysiya was allegedly killed and four others seriously wounded during clashes with the Israeli army in the early morning at the refugee camp, reports state. EPA
    Family members and relatives mourn the death of Palestinian youth Zaid Al-Qaysiya, aged 15, during his funeral in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Qaysiya was allegedly killed and four others seriously wounded during clashes with the Israeli army in the early morning at the refugee camp, reports state. EPA
  • Fighters from the Ezz-Al Din Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Hamas movement, secure the area as they distribute dates and water in the east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. EPA
    Fighters from the Ezz-Al Din Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Hamas movement, secure the area as they distribute dates and water in the east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. EPA
  • Iranians, some wearing face masks against the coronavirus, attend Laylat Al Qadr prayers outside a mosque in the Tehran. AFP
    Iranians, some wearing face masks against the coronavirus, attend Laylat Al Qadr prayers outside a mosque in the Tehran. AFP
  • Mask-clad residents walk in a neighbourhood of Kuwait city as authorities allowed people to exercise for two hours under a nationwide lockdown. AFP
    Mask-clad residents walk in a neighbourhood of Kuwait city as authorities allowed people to exercise for two hours under a nationwide lockdown. AFP
  • Fighters from of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) fire towards the positions of Saudi-backed government forces during clashes in the Sheikh Salim area in the southern Abyan province. AFP
    Fighters from of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) fire towards the positions of Saudi-backed government forces during clashes in the Sheikh Salim area in the southern Abyan province. AFP
  • A medical worker assists another to dress up in protective gear at a tent in a newly-opened field hospital to treat coronavirus patients in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AFP
    A medical worker assists another to dress up in protective gear at a tent in a newly-opened field hospital to treat coronavirus patients in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AFP
  • A nurse, wearing a face mask and a shield to protect against coronavirus, carries baby Amine Tepe who was infected with Covid-19, as she is taken out of the intensive care unit following a week's treatment, at an Istanbul hospital. AP
    A nurse, wearing a face mask and a shield to protect against coronavirus, carries baby Amine Tepe who was infected with Covid-19, as she is taken out of the intensive care unit following a week's treatment, at an Istanbul hospital. AP

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