• Children attend a class to learn the Arabic alphabet and to recite the Koran during Ramadan at a mosque in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    Children attend a class to learn the Arabic alphabet and to recite the Koran during Ramadan at a mosque in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
  • A wounded boy sits inside an ambulance following a reported air strike by regime forces and their allies on Maaret al-Noman in Syria's southwestern Idlib province. AFP
    A wounded boy sits inside an ambulance following a reported air strike by regime forces and their allies on Maaret al-Noman in Syria's southwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • An art light installation is displayed during a festival in Skopje, North Macedonia. Reuters
    An art light installation is displayed during a festival in Skopje, North Macedonia. Reuters
  • Supporters of ultra-nationalist monk Wirathu gather to pray at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon. AFP
    Supporters of ultra-nationalist monk Wirathu gather to pray at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon. AFP
  • Rescuers and police officers inspect the dark water from a landing dock after a tourist boat crashed with another ship, overturned and sank in River Danube, in Budapest, Hungary, killing at least three of the 34 people. EPA
    Rescuers and police officers inspect the dark water from a landing dock after a tourist boat crashed with another ship, overturned and sank in River Danube, in Budapest, Hungary, killing at least three of the 34 people. EPA
  • The Millennium Falcon stands illuminated following the unveiling of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, US. Bloomberg
    The Millennium Falcon stands illuminated following the unveiling of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, US. Bloomberg
  • A girl comforts her friend as they pause next to flowers and tributes laid at the scene of a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren in Kawasaki, Japan. Getty Images
    A girl comforts her friend as they pause next to flowers and tributes laid at the scene of a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren in Kawasaki, Japan. Getty Images
  • Plastic waste floats in the sea off Marseille, France. AFP
    Plastic waste floats in the sea off Marseille, France. AFP
  • Supporters of a hard-line Buddhist monk Wirathu gather at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon following his arrest warrant on charge of sedition, in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters
    Supporters of a hard-line Buddhist monk Wirathu gather at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon following his arrest warrant on charge of sedition, in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters
  • An Indian who goes around carrying an idol of Hindu goddess Lakshmi on her head looks at a cricket fan who got her hair styled for the cricket world Cup in Mumbai, India. AP Photo
    An Indian who goes around carrying an idol of Hindu goddess Lakshmi on her head looks at a cricket fan who got her hair styled for the cricket world Cup in Mumbai, India. AP Photo

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