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Iranian shoppers at the Tajrish traditional bazaar in northern Tehran. (AFP)

MENA region battles pandemic, grim economic outlook

MENA

A Lebanese man walks past a store, put up for sale, in the northern city of Tripoli. (AFP)

IMF sees across-the-board recession in MENA region

Nobel Peace Prize

A Yemeni woman carries a child suffering from malnutrition into a treatment centre of the World Food Programme (WFP) in al-Sabeen Maternal Hospital in the Houthi-rebel-held Yemeni capital Sana’a. (AFP)

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

MENA region

French President Emmanuel Macron virtually addresses the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on September 22, in New York. (AFP)

France seeks to influence Middle East and North Africa crises

tunisia

Students wear masks as they wait in line on their first day back at school, in Damascus, Syria, September 13. (SANA/AP)

MENA countries brace for COVID-19 spike as kids head back to school

MENA

Children sit in front of moldy bread in their shelter, in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen. (AFP)

MENA refugees uniquely vulnerable to effects of COVID-19

MENA

An Emirati man stands in front of rows of parabolic shaped mirrors at the Shams 1, Concentrated Solar power (CSP) plant, in al-Gharibiyah district on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. (AFP)

Lower solar energy cost can lead to brighter future

MENA

An aerial view of the solar mirrors at the Noor 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, some 20km (12.5 miles) outside the central Moroccan town of Ouarzazate. (AFP)

MENA sees future in new clean energy technology

Ramadan

A picture taken on April 24, 2020, shows Saudi policemen standing guard next to the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AFP)

Welcoming Ramadan