A mosque keeper prays in a mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan, while visits by the public to places of worship are suspended due to coronavirus, northern Gaza Strip, April 24, 2020. 

A Palestinian worker seen outside shops decorated for Ramadan, southern Gaza Strip, April 22, 2020. 

Iran’s first military satellite, named Noor, is seen on the launchpad in Semnan, Iran, April 22, 2020. 

A child shows eggs painted to celebrate Sham el-Nessim, a traditional Egyptian festival marking the beginning of spring, Cairo, Egypt, April 20, 2020.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meet wearing face masks during the coronavirus outbreak, Damascus, Syria, April 20, 2020. 

Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters walk in a field of flowers in Jabal al-Zawiya, Syria, April 15, 2020. 

A Palestinian boy wears a costume sewed by his mother which represents the coronavirus, central Gaza Strip, April 16, 2020.

A woman picks flowers in a field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, southern Israel, April 14, 2020. 

People ride a motorbike through smoke during fumigation to stop the spread of coronavirus, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, April 13, 2020. 

Amid the coronavirus outbreak a small number of Jewish worshippers pray during the Passover priestly blessing, a traditional prayer which usually attracts thousands, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, April 12, 2020. 

Children displaced by the Yemeni Civil War stand inside a tent at a camp in Haradh District, Yemen, April 7, 2020. 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man burns leavened bread in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood, where some have flouted coronavirus lockdown rules to carry out the Passover leaven-burning ritual, Jerusalem, April 8, 2020. 

A man and his dog wear face masks as they take a walk during a curfew enacted to contain the spread of coronavirus, Cairo, Egypt, April 6, 2020. 

Children hold olive branches while standing up through the sunroof of a car to be blessed by priests driving around neighborhoods celebrating Palm Sunday amid the coronavirus lockdown, Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, April 5, 2020.

Jewish worshippers stand apart as they pray, in keeping with government restrictions aimed at halting the spread of coronavirus, Ashdod, Israel, April 1, 2020. 

A bridegroom poses for a photo on his wedding day while wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus outbreak, Sanaa, Yemen, April 1, 2020

People are seen in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza, illuminated with text encouraging people to stay home, as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus, Giza, Egypt, March 30, 2020. 

Iraqi Shiite volunteers from the Popular Mobilization Forces assist members of a medical team in burying a man who passed away due to coronavirus, at a new cemetery for victims of the virus in Najaf, Iraq, March 30, 2020. 

People travel on an overcrowded train ahead of a curfew ordered by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to contain the spread of coronavirus, outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, March 26, 2020. 

A man wearing a protective face mask sits on a train at a distance from a fellow passenger as the spread of coronavirus continues, Istanbul, Turkey, March 26, 2020. 

A worker sprays disinfectant around the mask of King Tutankhamun, a preventive measure against the spread of Coronavirus, Cairo, Egypt, March 23, 2020. 

Israeli policemen detain an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man as they enforce government restrictions to fight the spread of coronavirus, Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 24, 2020. 

Police officers write a ticket to fine people for visiting the beach, part of measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak, Sidon, Lebanon, March 22, 2020. 

A couple dance as they get married at Ein Hemed Forest Wedding Venue, which is offering free, small-scale ceremonies for people whose weddings cannot go ahead as planned due to coronavirus restrictions, Ein Hemed, Israel, March 18, 2020. 

Shiite pilgrims make their way to Kadhimiya to mark the death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Baghdad, Iraq, March 18, 2020. 

Workers in protective suits disinfect St. Stefan Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2020. 

A worker in a protective suit sprays disinfectant near the Imam Abbas shrine as a precaution against the coronavirus, Kerbala, Iraq, March 15, 2020. 

Women stand near burning tires during a protest against an agreement to mount joint Russian and Turkish patrols of the strategically important M4 highway, Idlib province, Syria, March 15, 2020. 

A worker checks the damage at a civilian airport which, according to Iraqi authorities, was hit by a US airstrike, Kerbala, Iraq, March 13, 2020. 

Shiite Muslim women wear protective face masks at the Imam Ali Shrine following an outbreak of coronavirus in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, March 11, 2020. 

A Palestinian demonstrator hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces during a protest against Israeli settlements, near the town of Beita, Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 11, 2020. 

Children are seen at a camp for people displaced by fighting between Houthis and Yemeni government forces, Marib, Yemen, March 8, 2020. 

The full moon rises over the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey, March 8, 2020. 

The Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, seen almost empty after Saudi authorities suspended Umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) amid the coronavirus outbreak, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, March 6, 2020. 

A tourist takes a photograph of engravings inside the standing step pyramid of Saqqara following renovation work, south of Cairo, Egypt, March 5, 2020. 

A volunteer distributes free masks protecting against coronavirus to families in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 3, 2020. 

Paramedics in protective suits help a woman at a dedicated polling station where Israelis under coronavirus quarantine can vote in Israel's national election, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 2, 2020. 

Migrants walk towards Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece, near Edirne, Turkey, March 1, 2020. 

An internally displaced Syrian girl looks through the broken window of a van in a camp near Idlib, Syria, Feb. 27, 2020. 

Guards wait for the start of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's funeral at Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi Mosque, east of Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 26, 2020. 

A man sits beside a tent after snowfall in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 25, 2020.

Iranian people wear protective masks to prevent contracting coronavirus as they walk in the street in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 25, 2020. 

Flames and smoke are seen during Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 23, 2020. 

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Iraqi medical staff check people's temperatures upon their arrival at Najaf airport, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2020. 

Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 19, 2020. 

A man looks at parliamentary election campaign posters in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 19, 2020. 

University students carry pictures of demonstrators who were killed during ongoing anti-government protests, Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 16, 2020.

An Israeli soldier detains two Palestinians in Ras Karkar, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Feb. 17, 2020. 

Internally displaced children stand in the snow at a makeshift camp in Azaz, Syria, Feb. 13, 2020. 

People stand on a beach in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 12, 2020. 

Members of Kurdish Peshmerga Special Forces demonstrate their skills during their graduation ceremony at a military camp in Soran district, Erbil province, Iraqi Kurdistan, Feb. 12, 2020. 

Smoke rises as demonstrators take part in a protest seeking to prevent MPs and government officials from reaching parliament for a vote of confidence, Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 11, 2020. 

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes a speech during a meeting with senior officials and members of the air force, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 8, 2020. 

A Palestinian demonstrator hurls stones at Israeli forces near the Israeli barrier during a protest against the US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, Bilin village, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Feb. 7, 2020. 

Police officers inspect the wreckage of a Pegasus Airlines plane which overran the runway during landing and crashed at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey, Feb. 5, 2020. 

People wait in Sanaa airport to board a United Nations plane which will carry patients to Amman in the first flight of a “medical air bridge” between Jordan and Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 3, 2020. 

An Israeli border policeman is hit with a Molotov cocktail thrown by Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against the US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, Hebron, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Feb. 3, 2020. 

An Iraqi demonstrator sits amid burning tires which are blocking a road during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq, Feb. 2, 2020. 

A boy plays with pigeons near the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 31, 2020. 

US flags are seen at a factory which makes US and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn, Khomein City, Iran, Jan. 28, 2020. 

A Palestinian man places a shoe on a television screen broadcasting President Donald Trump’s announcement of his administration’s Middle East peace plan, Hebron, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020. 

US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 27, 2020.

A man grieves during a funeral for victims of an earthquake, Elazig, Turkey, Jan. 26, 2020. 

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protest against the US presence in their country, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2020. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen ahead of the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial center in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. 

A snowplow clears a blocked mountain road in the Bahcesaray district of Van, Turkey, Jan. 21, 2020. 

An Iraqi demonstrator gestures during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 20, 2020. 

A demonstrator holds a Jordanian national flag during a protest against a governmental agreement to import Israeli natural gas, Amman, Jordan, Jan. 17, 2020. 

Iraqi women let off colored smoke during the Festival of Colors in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 15, 2020. 

A protestor jumps over a burning barricade during a protest over economic hardship and a lack of a new government, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 14, 2020. 

US soldiers are seen at the site where an Iranian missile hit Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020. 

The Orlen X-Raid Team seen during stage 8 of the Dakar Rally in Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 13, 2020. 

A policeman is seen at West Qurna-1 oil field, operated by ExxonMobil, in Basra, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2020. 

As heavy rainfalls hit Israel, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men hold umbrellas and look at the Mediterranean Sea, Ashdod, Israel, Jan. 9, 2020. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad visit an Orthodox Christian cathedral in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 7, 2020. 

US Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walk toward an awaiting aircraft prior to departing for the Middle East from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jan. 5, 2020. 

People attend a funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in a Baghdad airport airstrike, Ahvaz, Iran, Jan. 5, 2020.

A man holds a picture of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Major General Qasem Soleimani (L) with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) during a demonstration against Soleimani’s killing in a US airstrike, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. 

A Palestinian man rides a horse on a beach at sunset, Gaza City, Gaza, Dec. 31, 2019. 

PMU fighters set fire to the wall of the US Embassy in protest at airstrikes on their bases, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 31, 2019. 

Palestinian women make Christmas toys in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 29, 2019. 

A Christian Palestinian couple travelling to Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations pass through the Israeli Erez border crossing, northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 24, 2019. 

A girl dressed as Santa Claus gives a gift to a Palestinian boy, who lives on the other side of the Israeli barrier that separates Jerusalem from the West Bank, during an anti-Israel protest near Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 23, 2019. 

A boy displays his falcon near the Falcon Souq in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 19, 2019. 

A freediver dressed as Santa Claus poses underwater off the coast of Batroun, Lebanon, Dec. 19, 2019. 

A boy wearing a mask takes part in a protest against potential pollution from the Leviathan natural gas field as a court hearing on the matter is held, Jerusalem, Dec. 18, 2019. 

Worshippers light candles as they celebrate Saint Barbara's Day at the Church of Saint Barbara in the village of Aboud, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Dec. 16, 2019. 

The 15th century Er Rizk Mosque is transported from the ancient town of Hasankeyf, which will be significantly submerged by the creation of the Ilisu dam, to a new location, Hasankeyf, southeastern Turkey, Dec. 16, 2019. 

An Iraqi demonstrator carries molotov cocktails during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2019. 

Supporters of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah and Amal groups clash with riot police as they head to the area where anti-government protests are taking place, Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 12, 2019. 

Children walk through a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi, Idlib province, Syria, Dec. 11, 2019. 

A Palestinian woman holds her son’s hand outside their home on a rainy day in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 10, 2019. 

An Iraqi man takes part in a parkour practice near the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2019. 

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot during an anti-Israel protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence in the southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 6, 2019. 

Boxers Andy Ruiz Jr (L) and Anthony Joshua (R) pose with Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud ahead of their hugely anticipated rematch in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 4, 2019.

A member of the Iraqi security forces carries stones during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2019. 

People gather for an anti-government demonstration ahead of an upcoming presidential vote, Algiers, Algeria, Dec. 3, 2019. 

Palestinian bird and reptile breeder Fadl Nabhan poses with an eagle at his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Dec. 2, 2019.  

A broken window is seen in front of al-Hakim shrine during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2019. 

A demonstrator returns a tear gas canister during a protest, as Palestinians call for a day of rage over a US decision on Jewish settlements, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov. 26, 2019.