• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heads the Palestinian leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. AFP
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heads the Palestinian leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. AFP
  • Syrian boys read the Quran at a mosque in Syria's northwestern city of Idlib. AFP
    Syrian boys read the Quran at a mosque in Syria's northwestern city of Idlib. AFP
  • Egyptian citizens queue at Kuwait International Airport before boarding a repatriation flight to Cairo. AFP
    Egyptian citizens queue at Kuwait International Airport before boarding a repatriation flight to Cairo. AFP
  • Members of Jordan's security forces check a bus that will transport returning Jordanian students from abroad. EPA
    Members of Jordan's security forces check a bus that will transport returning Jordanian students from abroad. EPA
  • A Saudi jeweller wearing a protective face mask displays a gold necklace to a customer in Riyadh. Reuters
    A Saudi jeweller wearing a protective face mask displays a gold necklace to a customer in Riyadh. Reuters
  • A worker sprays disinfectant at an empty market in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    A worker sprays disinfectant at an empty market in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • Iranian freestyle footballer Hosna Mirhadi, 23, wears a protective face mask and gloves as she trains with a ball at a park in Tehran, Iran. WANA (West Asia News Agency)
    Iranian freestyle footballer Hosna Mirhadi, 23, wears a protective face mask and gloves as she trains with a ball at a park in Tehran, Iran. WANA (West Asia News Agency)
  • A Turkish woman, wearing a face mask for protection against the coronavirus, walks past a closed shop, in Ankara, Turkey. AP
    A Turkish woman, wearing a face mask for protection against the coronavirus, walks past a closed shop, in Ankara, Turkey. AP
  • Women checks spring flowers in a garden market, at Eminonu, in Istanbul. AFP
    Women checks spring flowers in a garden market, at Eminonu, in Istanbul. AFP
  • A view shows the Palestinian Jabalia refugee camp, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, in the northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS
    A view shows the Palestinian Jabalia refugee camp, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, in the northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS
  • Workers of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) prepare to drain flood water from a camp for Yemenis displaced by conflict from Taez, Ibb, and Hodeidah, and currently residing in the Khor Maksar district of the second city of Aden. AFP
    Workers of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) prepare to drain flood water from a camp for Yemenis displaced by conflict from Taez, Ibb, and Hodeidah, and currently residing in the Khor Maksar district of the second city of Aden. AFP
  • A man works at a shop after the government eased a curfew in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
    A man works at a shop after the government eased a curfew in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters

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