The Week in Pictures

ALEPPO, SYRIA: A Syrian street vendor sells watermelons at a popular marketplace in the northern Syrian city

GAZA, GAZA CITY: Palestinian high school students celebrate after receiving their certificates.

JERUSALEM: Palestinian worshipers break their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque at al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem’s old city.

VAN, TURKEY: A woman rides a horse in a river as they settled at Alandest Plateau during the annual migration season from their village to Alandest Plateau, has the altitude of 3,600 meters, on foothill of the Nazo Mountains in Catak district of Turkey’s eastern province Van.

GAZA CITY, GAZA: Palestinians wearing costumes perform to amuse children in front of a house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer. The majority of children living in areas of Gaza hardest-hit during last year’s conflict are showing signs of severe emotional distress and trauma, including frequent bed wetting and nightmares, a global children’s charity said on Monday.

TEHRAN, IRAN: People pray at Mosalla Mosque on the 19th day of Ramadan as eventual Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power), One of the Muslim’s holiest nights. Iranians assume that 19th, 21st and 23rd days of Ramadan are probable Laylat al-Qadr night and named as Shab-i Ihya.

TUNIS, TUNISIA: Important personalities belonging to the music and cultural scene attend Iftar, the evening meal with which Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, hosted by The Tunisian Federation of Touristic Restaurants (FRTR) with the motto “Living Together” at Kasbah Square.

SANAA, YEMEN: A group of supporters of al-Houthi stage a protest against Saudi-led airstrikes, outside the Saudi Arabia embassy in Sanaa.