In pictures: Coronavirus and the Middle East
Egypt: A municipality worker cleans lamp posts amid coronavirus fears outside the Luxor Temple (12 March 2020, AFP)
Turkey: A worker disinfects the Kilic Ali Pasa Mosque in Istanbul (11 March 2020, AFP)
Syria: Graffiti portrays President Bashar al-Assad as the coronavirus is seen on the wall of a destroyed school in Binnish town, near the Turkish border (10 March 2020, AFP)
Saudi Arabia: The empty white-tiled area surrounding the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque (6 March 2020, AFP)
Iran: Firefighters disinfect streets in Tehran in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus (13 March 2020, AFP)
Kuwait: Hundreds of expatriates returning from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon wait to be re-tested at a Kuwait City screening zone (16 March 2020, AFP)
Jordan: Crystal-covered protective face masks are displayed at a shop in Amman (11 March 2020, Reuters)
Iraq: A medical staff member in protective gear checks the temperature of a cleric at Najaf airport (15 March 2020, AFP)
Algeria: Police officers wearing face masks stand guard during an anti-government protest in Algiers (13 March 2020, Reuters)
Above: In Tripoli, Lebanon, carnival participant wears a protective face mask during the Zambo carnival (1 March 2020, AFP)
Bahrain: Foreign workers watch as police seal off a building in Salmabad on the outskirts of Manama after a resident tested positive for coronavirus (13 March 2020, AFP)
Gaza: A Palestinian student undergoing isolation catches up with homework via her mobile phone in Gaza City (15 March 2020, AFP)
Israel: A couple speak to an official at Ben Gurion airport (4 March 2020, AFP)
Libya: Fishermen and women fish off the port Tripoli: the scale of the outbreak in the war-torn country, where many essential services cannot function, is still unknown (11 March 2020, AFP)
UAE: The empty beachside boulevard of Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai (12 March 2020, AFP)
Occupied West Bank: An empty souvenir shop in Bethlehem, locked down due to an outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus (6 March 2020, AFP)
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