![A Christian woman blows on candles inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, on 29 November, 2018 [Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-7-week-in-picGettyImages-1066393576.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![Iraqi cyclists compete during the International Bicycle Race organised by International Organisation for Migration in Erbil, Iraq on 30 November, 2018. [Yunus Keleş /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-7-week-in-pic20181130_2_33695370_39482616.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "International Bicycle Race in Erbil")
Iraqi cyclists compete during the International Bicycle Race organised by International Organisation for Migration in Erbil, Iraq on 30 November, 2018. [Yunus Keleş /Anadolu Agency]
![A Christian woman blows on candles inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, on 29 November, 2018 [Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-7-week-in-picGettyImages-1066393576.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "TOPSHOT-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-RELIGION")
A Christian woman blows on candles inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, on 29 November, 2018 [Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images]
![Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy (C) receives American actress, director, model and producer Elizabeth Banks (L) in Istanbul on 4 December, 2018. [Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-7-week-in-pic20181204_2_33760622_39603889.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Mehmet Nuri Ersoy receives American actress Elizabeth Banks in Istanbul")
Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy (C) receives American actress, director, model and producer Elizabeth Banks (L) in Istanbul on 4 December, 2018. [Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency]
![Majd al-Madhoun, 13-years old Palestinian boy displays a remarkable flair for drawing on 5 December, 2018 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-7-week-in-pic20181205_2_33771806_39621368.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "13-years old Palestinian Boy with Drawing Talent")
Majd al-Madhoun, 13-years old Palestinian boy displays a remarkable flair for drawing on 5 December, 2018 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]
![A Palestinian woman bakes traditional bread "Taboon" in the village of Salem east the West Bank City of Nablus, on 3 December 2018 [Shadi Jarar'ah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-7-week-in-pic031218_SHJ_00-9.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "A Palestinian woman bakes traditional bread")
A Palestinian woman bakes traditional bread “Taboon” in the village of Salem east the West Bank City of Nablus, on 3 December 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]
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