The Week in Pictures

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian boy beats a drum as Sufi Muslims perform during the holy month of Ramadan.

ELAZIG, TURKEY: Seven students succeeded in making an electric car which they called “Force” using their savings and scientific and technological research from the Turkish governmental institution TUBITAK. Engineer on the project, Yunus Emre Akay, said the team’s goal was to create an economical car that everyone can use, noting that other electric vehicles are expensive and unsuitable for Turkish road conditions.

TEHRAN, IRAN: A view of the Anti-Daesh cartoon exhibition in Tehran’s Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art on June 28, 2015. One hundred fifty artworks choosen amongst one thousand seventy two works from 72 countries are on display in Iranian capital Tehran until July 14.

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -JUNE 27: A group of Palestinian release sky lanterns as they gather in front of the Ofer prison to hold a rally demanding the release of Islamic Jihad Movement leading member Khader Adnan prisoned in Israeli jails in Ramallah.

JERUSALEM, WEST BANK – JULY 03: Muslims perform the third Friday prayer of the Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque on July 03, 2015 in the Old City of Jerusalem. Only Palestinians over the age of 40 and children are allowed to cross the Qalandia checkpoint, the main checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem.