The week in pictures

TATAOUINE, TUNISIA- People wearing traditional costumes take part in the 39th International Ksour Festival of Tataouine, the city were Star Wars was filmed and has one of its fictional cities named after

GAZA, GAZA CITY – A chicken farm

ANKARA, TURKEY- Children play around at the Melike Hatun Mosque during prayers

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkish chefs create the largest platter of Baklawa for a Guinness Book of World Records attempt weighing 515 kilograms during the third international tourism and eating festival.

DAHUK, IRAQ- Hundreds carry torches and circulate the Akre Hill as part of the Newroz celebrations. Newruz marks the annual start of Spring and is celebrated across a wide swath of the Middle East, Caucasus and South Asia.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- Dessert storms from North Africa enters Istanbul’s skies creating a dark, hazy mist

KARS, TURKEY- Iranian and Azeri tourists celebrate the spring of Newruz at the Jebel Tabah ski center in northeastern Turkey

GAZA CITY, GAZA- Getting in the last catch of the day before nightfall

A young boy takes part during an exhibition on showcased handicrafts to mark Land day [Apaimages]

GAZA CITY, GAZA- Palestinian elderly women take part in a celebration to mark the occasion of Mother’s Day at the el-Wafa elderly nursing home