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The Week in Pictures

May 17, 2015 at 12:22 pm

BIET NABAL, WEST BANK: Palestinian refugee Kamela Safi, 90, holds the keys of her former house in the village of Biet Nabal as she sits at her home in the West Bank refugee camp of Jalazon, north of Ramallah. Palestinians commemorated the ‘Nakba on 15 May in memory of the birth of the state of Israel 67-years-ago which led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who either fled or were driven out of their homes during the war.

GAZA CITY, GAZA: Palestinians enjoy their time during sunset at the beach of Gaza sea.

MANISA, TURKEY: Relatives of Soma mine disaster victims gather at the cemetery in the Turkish town of Soma in Manisa.

JERUSALEM: President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey, Mehmet Gormez, offers the Friday sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

CAIRO, EGYPT: A boy plays on his bike on the hill of Mokattam.

KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA: Palestinian farmers collect watermelons from their fields. The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture said watermelon yield in the Strip will reach 30,000 tonnes this season.

IBB, YEMEN: Yemeni orphans are seen at an orphanage in Ibb. The orphanage is one of the many protecting them from the ongoing clashes.