Statues are seen inside a newly discovered tomb which dates back 4400 years to the rule of King Neferirkare Kakai, Giza, Egypt, Dec. 15, 2018.

A Palestinian is surrounded by smoke during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Dec. 13, 2018. 

Rescue workers search through wreckage after a high-speed train crash in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 13, 2018. 

A visitor walks through a traditional Arabic light shop in downtown Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 10, 2018. 

A Syrian child carries a sack through a camp for displaced people near the village of Shamarin, northern Aleppo province, Syria, Dec. 6, 2018. 

The damage outside a police station after a suicide car bomb attack in Chabahar, Iran, Dec. 6, 2018. 

Iraqi security forces detain a demonstrator during an anti-government protest in Basra, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2018.​ 

Muslim Brotherhood members are seen behind bars during a court session in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 2, 2018. 

Relatives of citizens who disappeared during Lebanon’s civil war hold up pictures of them during a press conference in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 28, 2018. The press conference discussed a new law that will investigate the circumstances of the disappearances. 

Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in a protest against the detention of a member of their community who refuses to serve in the Israeli army, Jerusalem, Nov. 28, 2018.  

People take part in a protest opposing Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Tunis, Tunisia, Nov. 27, 2018. 

Israeli soldiers inspect the scene of a car-ramming attack near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Nov. 26, 2018. 

Archaeologists remove the cover of an intact sarcophagus inside tomb TT33 in Luxor, Egypt, Nov. 24, 2018. 

Fans watch practice laps ahead of the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 23, 2018.

Birds fly over a mosque's minaret at sunset on Mawlid al-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2018. 

Members of Egy Falconer Club are seen at sunrise during a celebration on World Falconry Day, Borg al-Arab desert, Alexandria, Egypt, Nov. 17, 2018. 

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying a Qatari communications satellite, which will provide connectivity to Qatar and neighboring parts of the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Nov. 15, 2018. 

The Royal Aero Sports Club of Jordan flies a gyrocopter over the Dead Sea, Jordan, Nov. 13, 2018.

Residents of southern Israel protest their government's decision to call a ceasefire with Gaza in response to a similar decision by Palestinian militants, Sderot, Israel, Nov. 13, 2018.

A man cries after being found not guilty during the trial of those accused of staging a 2016 terrorist attack on Kerak Castle, a popular tourist destination, State Security Court, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 13, 2018.

A Palestinian demonstrator hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Israeli land seizures for Jewish settlements, Ras Karkar, near Ramallah, occupied West Bank, Nov. 9, 2018. 

An octopus is seen in a display tank at the aquarium in Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo, Nov. 7, 2018.

Men wearing traditional costumes ride horses as they attend a wedding in Junzur, west of Tripoli, Libya, Oct. 30, 2018.

Students walk to classes at their teacher's house, which has been turned into a makeshift free school that hosts 700 students, in Taiz, Yemen, Oct. 18, 2018. 

Shiite Muslim pilgrims walk to the holy city of Kerbala ahead of the holy Shiite ritual of Arbaeen, Najaf, Iraq, Oct. 29, 2018.

The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel, seen in a long exposure photo taken from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, Oct. 27, 2018.

A demonstrator wearing a mask of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a protest outside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 25, 2018.

The Saladin Citadel is seen through a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A disabled Palestinian uses a slingshot during a protest calling for the lifting of the Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the Palestinians be given the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence, Gaza, Oct. 19, 2018. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) sit inside an Aurus limousine in the presidential motorcade at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Oct. 17, 2018. 

A relative of Palestinian gunman Naji al-Zaneen, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, reacts during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 17, 2018.

A Turkish forensic expert is seen as he works inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 15, 2018. 

A woman stands next to an inflatable, depicting US President Donald Trump as a tank, outside an exhibition by the artist Saint Hoax in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 12, 2018. 

A man holds a blank edition of an-Nahar newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 11, 2018. The edition was left blank to protest Lebanese politicians' continued failure to form a government five months after elections. 

Druze people look over the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria as they take part in a rally in Majdal Shams, Israeli occupied Golan Heights, Oct. 6, 2018. 

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants participate in a military parade in Gaza City, Gaza, Oct. 4, 2018. 

Iraq's outgoing President Fuad Masum (R) shakes hands with the newly elected Barham Salih at the end of a handover ceremony at Salam Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2018. 

People gather around a reproduction of Carl Fredrik Reutersward's sculpture "Non-Violence" during its unveiling ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 2, 2018. 

Visitors get their photos taken in the Ames Room at the Museum of Illusions in Dubai, UAE, Sept. 30, 2018. 

A picture of 12-year-old Palestinian boy Nassir al-Mosabeh, who was killed during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, is seen on his desk at school in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sept. 30, 2018.

Smoke rises from the construction site of the headquarters of the National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Sept. 27, 2018. 

Visitors take a closer look at the world's most expensive shoes, a diamond encrusted pair said to be worth $17 million, at the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, UAE, Sept. 26, 2018.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, seen through a camera eyepiece, addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 25, 2018. 

Women gather during a funeral for victims of an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, Ahvaz, Iran, Sept. 24, 2018. 

The Turkish Air Force aerobatic team, the Turkish Stars, performs during the Teknofest airshow in Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 20, 2018. 

Local actors dressed as ancient warriors reenact a scene from the 7th century battle of Karbala to commemorate Ashura in Najaf, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2018.

Relatives of Palestinian Ahmed Omar, who was killed during a protest near the Israeli Erez crossing with Gaza, mourn during his funeral in Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza City, Gaza, Sept. 19, 2018

A newborn female southern white rhinoceros calf stands next to its mother at the Safari Zoo in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sept. 17, 2018. 

Palestinian children make their way to school in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, which Israel plans to demolish, in the occupied West Bank, Sept. 13, 2018.

Newly displaced Syrian children arrive at a refugee camp in Atimah village, Idlib province, Syria, Sept. 11, 2018. 

A Saudi man poses for a picture with his body covered in bees, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 11, 2018.

A man competes during a horse race in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sept. 9, 2018.

People are seen during a protest near a government office building in Basra, Iraq, Sept. 6, 2018.

A man looks up through an opening in a makeshift shelter in an underground cave, Idlib, Syria, Sept. 3, 2018.

A turtle returns to the sea after laying eggs at Iztuzu Beach, Mugla province, Turkey, July 4, 2018. 

A Palestinian woman reacts after Israeli troops demolished her house in the village of Al-Walaja, near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, Sept. 3, 2018. 

Turkish army officers stand to attention during a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk to mark the 96th anniversary of Victory Day, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 30, 2018.

Followers of the Shiite Houthi movement perform the traditional Baraa dance as they take part in a ceremony marking al-Ghadeer day in Saada, Yemen, Aug. 29, 2018.

As customary ahead of the Jewish New Year, a worker removes notes from cracks in the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Aug. 28, 2018. 

Palestinian demonstrators hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest, demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the border fence between Israel and Gaza, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 24, 2018.

Iraqi children ride on a swing at an amusement park as they celebrate Eid al-Adha in Babel province, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2018. 

People travel on pleasure boats on the River Nile during Eid al-Adha in Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 23, 2018. 

A Palestinian man throws his child in the air following morning prayers, to mark the first day of Eid al-Adha celebrations, in the compound known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, Jerusalem's Old City, Aug. 21, 2018.

A muslim pilgrim has his head shaved after casting seven stones at a pillar that symbolizes Satan, part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in Mena, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 21, 2018. 

Iraqi youths perform a somersault as they practice parkour in the city of Najaf, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2018.

A man operates his flyboard in the port of Sidon, Lebanon, Aug. 14, 2018. 

Migrants are seen on board a fiberglass boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan Coast, Aug. 12, 2018.

Cars drive through the Ramon Crater during the Perseid meteor shower near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, Aug. 12, 2018. 

A man works on carpets laid out in fields to soften their colors Dosemealti, Turkey, Aug. 10, 2018.

An explosion is seen during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Aug. 9, 2018.

Vintage Volkswagen enthusiasts gather at a beach in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, Aug. 5, 2018. 

Team Israel competes in the Synchronised Swimming - Team Free Routine final at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Britain, Aug. 4, 2018.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are sprayed with a water cannon by Israeli police as they block a road during a protest against the detention of one of their community members who evaded a military draft order, Jerusalem, Aug. 2, 2018.

A Palestine sunbird eats the nectar from flowers in the garden of the Orange House in El-Mansouri village, near Tyre, Lebanon, July 29, 2018. 

A Palestinian protester rolls a burning tire during clashes with Israeli troops in Hebron, occupied West Bank, July 27, 2018. 

An explosion caused by airstrikes backing a Syrian government-led offensive in the southwestern province of Daraa, Syria, seen from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, July 24, 2018.