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Iraq

An Iraqi man cools off from the summer heat under an open air shower in Baghdad. (AFP)

In scorching heat, Iraqis have to worry about power woes

Drama

Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji (Sulaf Fawakherji’s Instagram account)

Love kiss in ‘Chicago Street’ creates drama off-screen

pandemic

A man wearing a protective face mask, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reads Al Joumhouria Newspaper in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)

Activists find cause in fighting misinformation about pandemic

Algeria

A car is filled with fuel at a gas station in Algiers, Algeria. (REUTERS)

Public sector losses estimated at over $1 bln in pandemic-hit Algeria

Egypt

Basma Mostafa, a 30-year-old journalist who founded an initiative that sends freshly home cooked meals to quarantined coronavirus patients, right, and Fatma Youssef, a volunteer, left, package food into boxes, at an apartment, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)

Egyptian volunteers make meals for pandemic patients

tunisia

A file picture of a blaze spreading through the hills of the Monatazah Ennahli Park, north of Tunis. (AFP)

Forest fires threaten Tunisia's ecosystem

Morocco

21-year-old Moroccan migrant Najib walks in the streets of Barcelona. (AFP)

Young Moroccans in Europe complain of discrimination

Yemen

A bridegroom gets a keffiyeh fitted on his head at his wedding day amid concerns of any possible spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sana’a. (Reuters)

Yemen weddings air on live TV to avoid virus shutdown

UAE

Digital Eidiya

‘Digital Eidiya’ adds joy to social distancing in UAE