![An Emirati falconer releases a falcon while on a hunting trip by Al-Marzoom Hunting Association at Al-Marzoom Falconry Reserve, about 100 kilometres southwest of Abu Dhabi, on 8 December 2018 [Karim Sahib/AFP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-14-WEEK-IN-PICSGettyImages-1069683180.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "TOPSHOT-UAE-ANIMAL-FALCONRY")
An Emirati falconer releases a falcon while on a hunting trip by Al-Marzoom Hunting Association at Al-Marzoom Falconry Reserve, about 100 kilometres southwest of Abu Dhabi, on 8 December 2018 [Karim Sahib/AFP]
![A rider competing in a championship organised by the Palestinian Equestrian Federation in Gaza City on 13 December 2018 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-14-WEEK-IN-PICSGaza-equestrian.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "غزة تحتضن بطولة لقفز الحواجز بالخيول")
A rider competing in a championship organised by the Palestinian Equestrian Federation in Gaza City on 13 December 2018 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]
![A man walks between snow-covered trees after a snowfall in Ankara, Turkey on December 13, 2018 [Aytuğ Can Sencar/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-14-WEEK-IN-PICS20181213_2_33906532_39852098.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Snowfall in Ankara")
A man walks between snow-covered trees after a snowfall in Ankara, Turkey on December 13, 2018 [Aytuğ Can Sencar/Anadolu Agency]
![Recently returned pieces of the ancient “Gypsy girl” mosaic are on display during a public exhibit in its original home at Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Turkey’s southeastern Gaziantep province on 9 December 2018 [Mehmet Akif Parlak/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-14-WEEK-IN-PICS20181209_2_33836487_39739162.jpg?w=296&h=197&ssl=1 "Returned 'Gypsy girl' mosaic pieces on show")
Recently returned pieces of the ancient “Gypsy girl” mosaic are on display during a public exhibit in its original home at Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Turkey’s southeastern Gaziantep province on 9 December 2018 [Mehmet Akif Parlak/Anadolu Agency]
![Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan (C) performs on stage at the Cemal Resit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall in Istanbul, Turkey on 7 December 2018 [Omar Shagaleh/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-14-WEEK-IN-PICS20181207_2_33817196_39693516.jpg?w=296&h=197&ssl=1 "Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan gives concert in Istanbul")
Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan (C) performs on stage at the Cemal Resit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall in Istanbul, Turkey on 7 December 2018 [Omar Shagaleh/Anadolu Agency]
![A pelican is seen with pieces of rope that tangled its beak in Izmir, Turkey on 12 December 2018 [Emin Mengüarslan/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2015_2-2Pelican-rescue20181212_2_33893345_39830895.jpg?w=296&h=197&ssl=1 "Mobilization for an injured pelican in Izmir")
A pelican is seen with pieces of rope that tangled its beak in Izmir, Turkey on 12 December 2018 [Emin Mengüarslan/Anadolu Agency]
![People try to reach a pelican to save it from pieces of rope that tangled its beak in Izmir, Turkey on 12 December 2018 [Emin Mengüarslan/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2015_2-2Pelican-rescue20181212_2_33893345_39830893.jpg?w=296&h=197&ssl=1 "Mobilization for an injured pelican in Izmir")
People try to reach a pelican to save it from pieces of rope that tangled its beak in Izmir, Turkey on 12 December 2018 [Emin Mengüarslan/Anadolu Agency]
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