• TOPSHOT - A fighter loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) stands on a rooftop as smoke rises in the distance during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 29, 2019. Fierce fighting for control of Libya's capital that has already displaced tens of thousands of people threatens to bring a further worsening of humanitarian conditions, a senior UN official has warned. / AFP / Fadel SENNA
    TOPSHOT - A fighter loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) stands on a rooftop as smoke rises in the distance during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 29, 2019. Fierce fighting for control of Libya's capital that has already displaced tens of thousands of people threatens to bring a further worsening of humanitarian conditions, a senior UN official has warned. / AFP / Fadel SENNA
  • epa07534270 Syrian Kurdish boys look through a destroyed building in Kobani, the Kurdish region in the Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, 26 April 2019 (issued on 28 April 2019). In January 2015 Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) along with the Free Syria Army (FSA) and Peshmerga forces backed by US-led airstrikes, liberated Kobani town after months of fighting against the Islamic state (IS) group. EPA/AHMED MARDNLI
    epa07534270 Syrian Kurdish boys look through a destroyed building in Kobani, the Kurdish region in the Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, 26 April 2019 (issued on 28 April 2019). In January 2015 Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) along with the Free Syria Army (FSA) and Peshmerga forces backed by US-led airstrikes, liberated Kobani town after months of fighting against the Islamic state (IS) group. EPA/AHMED MARDNLI
  • ISTANBUL, TURKEY - APRIL 28: ASAM "Stars" Faizeh Alibrahim from Iran makes a break during a match in the Kizlar Sahada women's football tournament on April 28, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. The ASAM "Stars" football team consists of players from Syria, Iran and Turkey and was put together by staff members from The Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM). Although some of the women had been playing football recreationally, this was the first time the team had entered the tournament, which has been an annual event in Turkey for the past seven years created to build and promote women's football. The football team is one of many community integration activities created by ASAM a non-profit organization which assists refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey. Established in 1995 the organization provides counseling services, psycho-social support, language courses, vocational courses and numerous community based activities designed to support refugees, asylum seekers, and local community integrate into society. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
    ISTANBUL, TURKEY - APRIL 28: ASAM "Stars" Faizeh Alibrahim from Iran makes a break during a match in the Kizlar Sahada women's football tournament on April 28, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. The ASAM "Stars" football team consists of players from Syria, Iran and Turkey and was put together by staff members from The Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM). Although some of the women had been playing football recreationally, this was the first time the team had entered the tournament, which has been an annual event in Turkey for the past seven years created to build and promote women's football. The football team is one of many community integration activities created by ASAM a non-profit organization which assists refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey. Established in 1995 the organization provides counseling services, psycho-social support, language courses, vocational courses and numerous community based activities designed to support refugees, asylum seekers, and local community integrate into society. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
  • A man walkes near a wind-toppled motorcycle in Iraq's central city of Najaf during a sand storm on, April 29, 2019. / AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
    A man walkes near a wind-toppled motorcycle in Iraq's central city of Najaf during a sand storm on, April 29, 2019. / AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
  • TOPSHOT - Cars drive through a street in Iraq's central city of Najaf during a sand storm on April 29, 2019. / AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
    TOPSHOT - Cars drive through a street in Iraq's central city of Najaf during a sand storm on April 29, 2019. / AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
  • epa07536235 A worker prepares Fessekh and Renga to customers during the national holiday of Sham el-Nessim celebration marking the first day of the spring season, at a Fish shop in Cairo, Egypt, 29 April 2019. Feseekh is a traditional Egyptian dish It is usually served during the spring celebration with Egyptian bread, diced onions and lots of lemons. It's prepared of fermented, salted and dried gray mullet and usually prepared in a specific shop and the maker of feseekh called fasakhani. Egypt’s Health Ministry issued a warning that advised Egyptians against eating feseekh. The way of preparing feseekh can be unsafe due to the lack of salt in the fish, and some people use dead fish floating on the sea surface. EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
    epa07536235 A worker prepares Fessekh and Renga to customers during the national holiday of Sham el-Nessim celebration marking the first day of the spring season, at a Fish shop in Cairo, Egypt, 29 April 2019. Feseekh is a traditional Egyptian dish It is usually served during the spring celebration with Egyptian bread, diced onions and lots of lemons. It's prepared of fermented, salted and dried gray mullet and usually prepared in a specific shop and the maker of feseekh called fasakhani. Egypt’s Health Ministry issued a warning that advised Egyptians against eating feseekh. The way of preparing feseekh can be unsafe due to the lack of salt in the fish, and some people use dead fish floating on the sea surface. EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
  • epa07536507 Cyprus forensic police officers continue searching the Red Lake for possible bodies of victims of a suspected serial killer near the village of Mitsero Cyprus, 29 April 2019. Media reports state that a suitcase containing the remains of a woman, believed to be one of seven victims of a suspected serial killer, was discovered at the bottom of the lake on 28 April 2019. EPA/KATIA CHRISTODOULOU
    epa07536507 Cyprus forensic police officers continue searching the Red Lake for possible bodies of victims of a suspected serial killer near the village of Mitsero Cyprus, 29 April 2019. Media reports state that a suitcase containing the remains of a woman, believed to be one of seven victims of a suspected serial killer, was discovered at the bottom of the lake on 28 April 2019. EPA/KATIA CHRISTODOULOU
  • Jordan / New Arrivals / Hundreds of refugees come across the border from Syria into Jordan at remote eastern desert locations such as those at Riqban and Hadalat - tiny Jordanian military outposts where the border patrol are the first to meet the new arrivals. Upon arrival the exhausted refugees receive water and UNHCR and ICRC food packages before being loaded into trucks and transported to processing centers, and ultimately on to Azraq Camp. / UNHCR / J. Kohler / June 2014
    Jordan / New Arrivals / Hundreds of refugees come across the border from Syria into Jordan at remote eastern desert locations such as those at Riqban and Hadalat - tiny Jordanian military outposts where the border patrol are the first to meet the new arrivals. Upon arrival the exhausted refugees receive water and UNHCR and ICRC food packages before being loaded into trucks and transported to processing centers, and ultimately on to Azraq Camp. / UNHCR / J. Kohler / June 2014
  • A man looks at the candles placed near the Sparta stadium in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 29, 2019, after the death of Czech soccer player Josef Sural. 28-year old Sural died and six other Alanyaspor players were injured after their van was involved in an auto accident at the town of Alanya, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, on their way home from a game in Turkey's top-tier soccer league. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
    A man looks at the candles placed near the Sparta stadium in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 29, 2019, after the death of Czech soccer player Josef Sural. 28-year old Sural died and six other Alanyaspor players were injured after their van was involved in an auto accident at the town of Alanya, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, on their way home from a game in Turkey's top-tier soccer league. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
  • epa07535950 Egyptians take a ride on a roller coaster as families celebrate the national holiday of Sham el-Nessim marking the first day of the spring season, at The International Garden in Nasr city park in Cairo, Egypt, 29 April 2019. Sham el-Nessim, which is Arabic for 'Smelling the breeze', is an ancient Egyptian tradition that is dated to some 4500 years ago. It marks the first day of spring and falls on the Monday following the Coptic Easter Sunday. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
    epa07535950 Egyptians take a ride on a roller coaster as families celebrate the national holiday of Sham el-Nessim marking the first day of the spring season, at The International Garden in Nasr city park in Cairo, Egypt, 29 April 2019. Sham el-Nessim, which is Arabic for 'Smelling the breeze', is an ancient Egyptian tradition that is dated to some 4500 years ago. It marks the first day of spring and falls on the Monday following the Coptic Easter Sunday. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
  • epaselect epa07536538 People walk under the Galata Bridge backdropped by the Suleymaniye Mosque (R) on a sunny day in Istanbul, Turkey, 29 April 2019. EPA/SEDAT SUNA
    epaselect epa07536538 People walk under the Galata Bridge backdropped by the Suleymaniye Mosque (R) on a sunny day in Istanbul, Turkey, 29 April 2019. EPA/SEDAT SUNA
  • A boy stares at a car that was burned during recent heavy clashes between pro-government militias in Yemen's southern city of Taez on April 29, 2019. / AFP / Ahmad AL-BASHA
    A boy stares at a car that was burned during recent heavy clashes between pro-government militias in Yemen's southern city of Taez on April 29, 2019. / AFP / Ahmad AL-BASHA
  • epa07534272 Syrian Kurdish boys sit on a damaged cannon which was used by the Islamic State (IS) group in Kobani, the Kurdish region in the Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, 26 April 2019 (issued on 28 April 2019). In January 2015 Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) along with the Free Syria Army (FSA) and Peshmerga forces backed by US-led airstrikes, liberated Kobani town after months of fighting against the Islamic state (IS) group. EPA/AHMED MARDNLI
    epa07534272 Syrian Kurdish boys sit on a damaged cannon which was used by the Islamic State (IS) group in Kobani, the Kurdish region in the Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, 26 April 2019 (issued on 28 April 2019). In January 2015 Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) along with the Free Syria Army (FSA) and Peshmerga forces backed by US-led airstrikes, liberated Kobani town after months of fighting against the Islamic state (IS) group. EPA/AHMED MARDNLI
  • TOPSHOT - A fighter loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) carries a bullet belt as he and fellow fighters hold a position during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 29, 2019. Fierce fighting for control of Libya's capital that has already displaced tens of thousands of people threatens to bring a further worsening of humanitarian conditions, a senior UN official has warned. / AFP / Fadel SENNA
    TOPSHOT - A fighter loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) carries a bullet belt as he and fellow fighters hold a position during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 29, 2019. Fierce fighting for control of Libya's capital that has already displaced tens of thousands of people threatens to bring a further worsening of humanitarian conditions, a senior UN official has warned. / AFP / Fadel SENNA

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