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Two years since October 7th Hamas attack, Israel's war on Gaza
Photo Would you like to save this selection to obtain the price for similar content, of the same format, in the future? GAZA (-), 06/10/2025.- (FILE) - Destruction in the central Gaza Strip seen from a German Air Force plane airdropping humanitarian aid, 06 August 2025 (reissued 06 October 2025). 07 October 2025 marks two years since the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, taking dozens of hostages and killing nearly 1,200 people.
La Fuerza Aérea Alemana lanza ayuda sobre la Franja de Gaza
Photo Would you like to save this selection to obtain the price for similar content, of the same format, in the future? FOTODELDÍA GAZA, 06/08/2025.- La Franja de Gaza vista desde un avión de la Fuerza Aérea Alemana lanzando ayuda humanitaria, este miércoles. Dos aviones tenían previsto despegar de Jordania el 6 de agosto para entregar ayuda humanitaria como parte de una iniciativa multinacional en curso. EFE/ Sima Diab
German Air Force drops aid over Gaza Strip
Photo Would you like to save this selection to obtain the price for similar content, of the same format, in the future? GAZA (-), 06/08/2025.- Humanitarian aid ready to be airdropped over the Gaza Strip from a German Air Force military plane, 06 August 2025.
German Air Force drops aid over Gaza Strip
Photo Would you like to save this selection to obtain the price for similar content, of the same format, in the future? Undisclosed (Jordan), 06/08/2025.- German army personnel load a military plane with aid for Gaza, at a military base in Jordan, 06 August 2025.
Why these homes in the hottest places don't need AC
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Why these homes in the hottest places don't need AC
From the mosque in this dusty desert village, you can see the wide terraces and austere columns of one of Egypt's premier tourist destinations, the Temple of Hatshepsut, baking far in the distance. It's late August, and by noon the temperature is already 103 degrees Fahrenheit and heading well north of that, enough to drive even the most intrepid tourists who visit the site back to their motor coaches and hotels.
SUEZ SHIPPING
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save FILE — Ships anchored in the Great Bitter Lake in Egypt, waiting to pass through the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea, on March 29, 2021. The war between Israel and Hamas has so far not had a major impact on the global economy, but a wave of attacks against merchant ships in the Red Sea is threatening to change that.
RED SEA OIL TANKERS
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save FILE — Cargo ships wait in the Red Sea near the opening of the Suez Canal, on March 29, 2021. Global oil prices jumped on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, after the energy giant BP said it had stopped sending tankers through the Red Sea, a vital shipping lane which has become an increasingly dangerous route because of drone and missile attacks targeting merchant ships launched by the Houthi armed group in Yemen.
EGYPT MENENDEZ 1
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save FILE — A walkway under construction in the Zamalek neighborhood of Cairo, on Aug. 12, 2023. The United States has sent Egypt up to $1.3 billion each year since the late 1970s as a legacy of Egypt’s peace agreement with Israel.
Villagers survived Morocco’s earthquake but lost nearly everything else
TINISKT, Morocco — By all accounts, life in this village in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains was simple and good, even if it was rarely easy. Families had lived for generations in the small cluster of houses surrounded by olive and nut trees, which generated a third of the village’s income. Money from sons and daughters who grew up and moved to cities provided the rest. Time was measured by the cycle of harvests and weekly markets, by births, marriages and deaths.
In Morocco's quake-decimated villages, rescuers find bodies
Residents look on as rescuers attempt to retrieve the body of a deceased boy in Elbour, Morocco, on Monday. Photo: Sima Diab/for The Washington Post
In Morocco’s Quake-Decimated Villages, Rescuers Find Only Bodies
TALAT N’YAAQOUB, Morocco – The death toll from Morocco’s devastating earthquake neared 3,000 people, the government announced Monday, as international rescuers arrived and the tremendous obstacles facing emergency workers – struggling to reach those trapped under rubble, in remote mountain hamlets, along roads blocked by landslides – burst into view.
In Morocco's quake-decimated villages, rescuers find only bodies
Friday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake, the strongest to strike Morocco in more than a century, has killed at least 2,862 people and injured more than 2,500 - ravaging communities already struggling with poverty and isolation. On Sunday, the Moroccan government said it had accepted some foreign assistance for the rescue mission, including from Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Britain.
In Morocco’s quake-decimated villages, rescuers find only bodies
TALAT N’YAAQOUB, Morocco — The death toll from Morocco’s devastating earthquake neared 2,700 people, the government announced Monday, as international rescuers arrived and the tremendous obstacles facing emergency workers — struggling to reach people trapped under rubble, in remote mountain hamlets, along roads blocked by landslides — burst into view.
This Moroccan family lost everything in the quake
AMIZMIZ, Morocco — Said Afouzar was at his sister’s house when the earthquake hit. As soon as the ground started to tremble, he rushed up the street home, desperate to reach his wife and two kids. The moment he reached for the doorknob, the house collapsed. Afouzar could hear his family screaming for help. He began to dig frantically through the rubble, pushing on even after a falling object injured his knee. Neighbors joined him.
CAIRO DEMOLITION 3
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CAIRO DEMOLITION 6
Moataz Nasreldin, the founder of Darb1718, a cultural center slated for demolition in the Fustat neighborhood of Cairo, on Aug. 12, 2023. Nasreldin and the owners of the pottery workshops said local officials had not presented a written demolition order or any other paperwork. (Sima Diab/The New York Times)
CAIRO DEMOLITION 7
A highway under construction near the Maadi neighborhood of Cairo, on Aug. 12, 2023. In a growing number of old working-class neighborhoods slated for redevelopment, people whose families have lived there for generations are being pushed out to make way for developers. (Sima Diab/The New York Times)
Saving the sounds of the ancient city of Cairo
As Cairo expands, these are the sounds that could fade away. When cities grow and change, it is easy to take stock only of what is distinctly visible: new buildings, new bridges, new roads. What fades away more gradually are the sounds that define these places — noises that may seem to live in the background of our experiences but in fact have the power to evoke some of our most visceral memories and feelings.
Retrospective: Arab Documentary Photography
In 1867, Felix Bonfils opened his famed photographic studio in Beirut launching studio photography as a popular medium of documentation and laying the groundwork for an expanding art form beyond Lebanese borders. Today documentary photography in the Arab world continues to expand, and with the advent of newer technologies and cameras becoming more affordable, there has been an explosion of photographers throughout the region.
Football: In Cairo, All Roads Lead to Image of Salah | The Star Online
If anything, the mural has worked too well. A few months ago, a giant image of a beaming Mohamed Salah appeared on a wall outside a Cairo street cafe, nestled alongside pictures of some of Egypt’s greatest cultural figures, including the singer Umm Kulthum and novelist Naguib Mahfouz.
In Cairo, All Roads Lead to Image of Salah
If anything, the mural has worked too well. A few months ago, a giant image of a beaming Mohamed Salah appeared on a wall outside a Cairo street café, nestled alongside pictures of some of Egypt’s greatest cultural figures, including the singer Umm Kulthum and the novelist Naguib Mahfouz.
Crisis warnings sound as EU gears up for new migrant wave
A migrant reacts on being rescued by the MV Aquarius, after 191 people and two corpses were recovered Friday Jan. 13, 2017, from international waters in the Mediterranean Sea about 22 miles north of Sabrata, Libya. The MV Aquarius search and rescue vessel operated by MSF and SOS Mediterranee picked up 183 male and 10 female migrants, thought to have originated from African countries including Nigeria, Gambia and Senegal. The migrants are expected to disembark in Italy. (AP Photo/Sima Diab)
Crisis warnings sound as EU gears up for new migrant wave
Migrants wait to board the MV Aquarius, as 193 people and two corpses are recovered Friday Jan. 13, 2017, from international waters in the Mediterranean Sea about 22 miles (35 Km) north of Sabrata, Libya. The MV Aquarius search and rescue vessel operated by MSF and SOS Mediterranee picked up 183 male and 10 female migrants, thought to have originated from African countries including Nigeria, Gambia and Senegal. The migrants are expected to disembark in Italy. (AP Photo/Sima Diab)
Crisis warnings sound as EU gears up for new migrant wave
A migrant reacts as he is greeted by MSF workers aboard the MV Aquarius, as 193 people and two corpses are recovered Friday Jan. 13, 2017, from international waters in the Mediterranean Sea about 22 miles (35 Km) north of Sabrata, Libya. The MV Aquarius search and rescue vessel operated by MSF and SOS Mediterranee picked up 183 male and 10 female migrants, thought to have originated from African countries including Nigeria, Gambia and Senegal. The migrants are expected to disembark in Italy.
Crisis warnings sound as EU gears up for new migrant wave
Migrants reach out for floatation vests waiting to board the MV Aquarius, as 193 people and two corpses are recovered Friday Jan. 13, 2017, from international waters in the Mediterranean Sea about 22 miles (35 Km) north of Sabrata, Libya. The MV Aquarius search and rescue vessel operated by MSF and SOS Mediterranee picked up 183 male and 10 female migrants, thought to have originated from African countries including Nigeria, Gambia and Senegal. The migrants are expected to disembark in Italy.
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