• An Iraqi child walks with his school bag on the shoulder on the first day of school in Mosul. AFP
    An Iraqi child walks with his school bag on the shoulder on the first day of school in Mosul. AFP
  • A Palestinian jockey competes in a camel race held at the destroyed Gaza airport, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
    A Palestinian jockey competes in a camel race held at the destroyed Gaza airport, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
  • Demonstrators hold a Lebanese flag during an anti-government protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
    Demonstrators hold a Lebanese flag during an anti-government protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
  • The shadow of the mother and her daughter is reflected on a wall as they walk to the school, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AP Photo
    The shadow of the mother and her daughter is reflected on a wall as they walk to the school, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AP Photo
  • Smoke billows from reported continued bombardment by Syrian government forces and Russian airstrikes in the southern countryside of Idlib, in northwestern Syria. AFP
    Smoke billows from reported continued bombardment by Syrian government forces and Russian airstrikes in the southern countryside of Idlib, in northwestern Syria. AFP
  • A convoy of US military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria. AFP
    A convoy of US military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria. AFP

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