![A man holds two chickens at the Sholla bazaar ahead of Easter celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 7 April, 2018 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180407_2_29689644_32480979-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C794&ssl=1)
![A mother stork is seen on the 29 meters high dome, as it incubates on a nest at the Gazi Orhan Bey Mosque in Bursa, Turkey on 10 April, 2018 [Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180410_2_29743510_32582538.jpg?w=463&h=268&ssl=1 "Stork couple wait for 4 babies on the mosque's dome")
A mother stork is seen on the 29 meters high dome, as it incubates on a nest at the Gazi Orhan Bey Mosque in Bursa, Turkey on 10 April, 2018 [Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency]
![A baby girl holds a selfie stick with a phone near colourful tulips during the 6th Tulips Festival at the Chamran Park in Karaj, Iran on 5 April, 2018 [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180405_2_29655475_32420146.jpg?w=463&h=309&ssl=1 "The 6th Tulip Festival in Iran")
A baby girl holds a selfie stick with a phone near colourful tulips during the 6th Tulips Festival at the Chamran Park in Karaj, Iran on 5 April, 2018 [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency]
![A man holds two chickens at the Sholla bazaar ahead of Easter celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 7 April, 2018 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180407_2_29689644_32480979-scaled.jpg?w=463&h=306&ssl=1 "Easter preparations in Ethiopia")
A man holds two chickens at the Sholla bazaar ahead of Easter celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 7 April, 2018 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency]
![Teyfik Tobal, an ornamental chicken breeder, poses for a photo with his Light Brahma rooster during Ornamental Chicken Fair and Auction in Bozkus village in Usak, Turkey on 9 April, 2018 [Soner Kılınç/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180409_2_29716012_32537999.jpg?w=729&h=891&ssl=1 "Ornamental Chicken Breeders in Turkey's Usak")
Teyfik Tobal, an ornamental chicken breeder, poses for a photo with his Light Brahma rooster during Ornamental Chicken Fair and Auction in Bozkus village in Usak, Turkey on 9 April, 2018 [Soner Kılınç/Anadolu Agency]
![Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray during a mass held on the last day of fifty five days long "Abiy Tsom" fast ahead of Easter at Medhane Alem Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 7 April, 2018 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180407_2_29697442_32498652.jpg?w=798&h=512&ssl=1 "\"Abiy Tsom\" fast in Ethiopia")
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray during a mass held on the last day of fifty five days long “Abiy Tsom” fast ahead of Easter at Medhane Alem Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 7 April, 2018 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency]
![A view of Maiden's Tower is seen during the foggy morning in Istanbul, Turkey on 10 April, 2018 [Metin Pala/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180410_2_29731901_32561353.jpg?w=394&h=249&ssl=1 "Foggy morning in Istanbul")
A view of Maiden’s Tower is seen during the foggy morning in Istanbul, Turkey on 10 April, 2018 [Metin Pala/Anadolu Agency]
![A parkour athlete Taher Nouiri performs a flip in Takrouna village of Sousse, Tunisia on 8 April, 2018 [Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180409_2_29717757_32541068.jpg?w=394&h=259&ssl=1 "Parkour athletes in Tunisia")
A parkour athlete Taher Nouiri performs a flip in Takrouna village of Sousse, Tunisia on 8 April, 2018 [Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency]