• A dried fruit and nut merchant serves clients at an open-air market in Yemen's capital Sanaa. AFP
    A dried fruit and nut merchant serves clients at an open-air market in Yemen's capital Sanaa. AFP
  • Abdel Muti Said, 53, a displaced Syrian decorator from the western countryside of Aleppo province, places a seashell above an arrangement of corals as he curates items in a man-made cave which he dug and converted into a makeshift heritage museum in the town of Aqrabat in the north of Idlib province close to the Turkish border. AFP
    Abdel Muti Said, 53, a displaced Syrian decorator from the western countryside of Aleppo province, places a seashell above an arrangement of corals as he curates items in a man-made cave which he dug and converted into a makeshift heritage museum in the town of Aqrabat in the north of Idlib province close to the Turkish border. AFP
  • Palestinian school girls wearing face masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic view their end of year certificates upon receiving them at a school in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian school girls wearing face masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic view their end of year certificates upon receiving them at a school in Gaza City. AFP
  • Iranians wear protective face masks ride on their motorbikes in a crowded at street, in Tehran, Iran. REUTERS
    Iranians wear protective face masks ride on their motorbikes in a crowded at street, in Tehran, Iran. REUTERS
  • Iraqi itinerant barber Hussain Majid wears a face mask as he gives a haircut to a client at his house in Baghdad. EPA
    Iraqi itinerant barber Hussain Majid wears a face mask as he gives a haircut to a client at his house in Baghdad. EPA
  • A handout picture provided by the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) and dated January 5, 2020, shows a scene from "Um Haroun" a Saudi-made television series aired during Ramadan, which has ignited controversy for promoting what critics call normalisation of Arab ties with Israel. AFP PHOTO
    A handout picture provided by the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) and dated January 5, 2020, shows a scene from "Um Haroun" a Saudi-made television series aired during Ramadan, which has ignited controversy for promoting what critics call normalisation of Arab ties with Israel. AFP PHOTO
  • US military MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles drive in a patrol along the M4 highway by the town of Tal Tamr and its countryside in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, near the border with Turkey. AFP
    US military MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles drive in a patrol along the M4 highway by the town of Tal Tamr and its countryside in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, near the border with Turkey. AFP
  • Protesters wearing protective face masks hold placards and shout slogans while maintaining social distance with purple ribbons due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic during a protest against abuse of women and children in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
    Protesters wearing protective face masks hold placards and shout slogans while maintaining social distance with purple ribbons due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic during a protest against abuse of women and children in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
  • A car drives along the village of Kfar Kila on the Lebanese-Israeli border in southeast Lebanon. AP Photo
    A car drives along the village of Kfar Kila on the Lebanese-Israeli border in southeast Lebanon. AP Photo
  • An Algerian volunteer, part of the charitable association "Joy of Eid", fills food parcels to be distributed to needy families ahead of Eid Al Fitr. AFP
    An Algerian volunteer, part of the charitable association "Joy of Eid", fills food parcels to be distributed to needy families ahead of Eid Al Fitr. AFP

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