IBB, YEMEN: Local people carry jerry cans filled with water in Reif 17 kilometres from Ibb. Due to the political crisis in Yemen, aid by relief organisations such as the EU and UN ground to a halt.
SOUSSE, TUNISIA: The first hot air balloon festival ever organised in the Arab world to off this week in Tunisia. Eighteen balloons from a number of countries are taking part.
VAN, TURKEY: A man walks on a snow covered area after a snowfall in Van, eastern Turkey on March 16, 2015.
GIZA, EGYPT: People use protective glasses to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse in front of the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.
TAMOUN, WEST BANK: A Palestinian man harvests red Coronaria flowers.