• An Iraqi man walks past empty coffins in the Washash district, in western Baghdad, during a disinfection campaign in his neighbourhood to stem the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
    An Iraqi man walks past empty coffins in the Washash district, in western Baghdad, during a disinfection campaign in his neighbourhood to stem the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
  • A general view of the Erbil International Fair exhibition hall being prepared to receive around 200 COVID-19 patients, in Erbil. EPA
    A general view of the Erbil International Fair exhibition hall being prepared to receive around 200 COVID-19 patients, in Erbil. EPA
  • In this photo released by the Turkish humanitarian group IHH, aid workers of the group demonstrate to Syrian children how to properly wash hands, at a camp for internally displaced persons in northern Syria. AP
    In this photo released by the Turkish humanitarian group IHH, aid workers of the group demonstrate to Syrian children how to properly wash hands, at a camp for internally displaced persons in northern Syria. AP
  • A Palestinian youth practices on a gymnastics training bar as others watch, at the beach in Gaza city. AFP
    A Palestinian youth practices on a gymnastics training bar as others watch, at the beach in Gaza city. AFP
  • Iranian women, members of paramilitary organisation Basij, make face masks and other protective items at a mosque in the capital Tehran. AFP
    Iranian women, members of paramilitary organisation Basij, make face masks and other protective items at a mosque in the capital Tehran. AFP
  • Employees of the coronavirus disease seen in the operations room of the Saudi Red Crescent. AFP
    Employees of the coronavirus disease seen in the operations room of the Saudi Red Crescent. AFP
  • Employees of the coronavirus disease seen in the operations room of the Saudi Red Crescent. AFP
    Employees of the coronavirus disease seen in the operations room of the Saudi Red Crescent. AFP
  • Teachers volunteer their time to help make surgical face masks amid the COVID-19 outbreak at a Vocational and Technical Anatolian School in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
    Teachers volunteer their time to help make surgical face masks amid the COVID-19 outbreak at a Vocational and Technical Anatolian School in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
  • An employee at the Palestinian ministry of health sprays disinfectant on a worker returning from Israel through the Tarqumiah crossing, north-west of the West Bank city Hebron. AFP
    An employee at the Palestinian ministry of health sprays disinfectant on a worker returning from Israel through the Tarqumiah crossing, north-west of the West Bank city Hebron. AFP
  • A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Jordanian King Abdullah II and his son Crown Prince Hussein visit the Civil Service Consumer Corporation warehouses in Zarqa, in the northeast of Jordan. AFP
    A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Jordanian King Abdullah II and his son Crown Prince Hussein visit the Civil Service Consumer Corporation warehouses in Zarqa, in the northeast of Jordan. AFP
  • Men are seen walking at Al Moez street in Al Hussein and Al Azhar district as mosques are closed in old Cairo. Reuters
    Men are seen walking at Al Moez street in Al Hussein and Al Azhar district as mosques are closed in old Cairo. Reuters
  • A medical team of Tunisia's Urgent Medical Aid Service, treats a coronavirus patient being transported inside an ambulance in Tunis. AFP
    A medical team of Tunisia's Urgent Medical Aid Service, treats a coronavirus patient being transported inside an ambulance in Tunis. AFP
  • Fayez Al Sarraj, Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Accord, along with other members of his cabinet all wearing protective masks as a precaution against COVID-19 coronavirus disease, gather for a meeting discussing procedures to counter the global pandemic, in Tripoli. AFP
    Fayez Al Sarraj, Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Accord, along with other members of his cabinet all wearing protective masks as a precaution against COVID-19 coronavirus disease, gather for a meeting discussing procedures to counter the global pandemic, in Tripoli. AFP
  • A man takes a photo of Lebanese groom Mostafa Baydoun, 29, and bride Miran, 25, as they decided to celebrate their wedding alone along the waterfront promenade in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A man takes a photo of Lebanese groom Mostafa Baydoun, 29, and bride Miran, 25, as they decided to celebrate their wedding alone along the waterfront promenade in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • A Yemeni child peers out of a window of her family's house amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    A Yemeni child peers out of a window of her family's house amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen. EPA

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