PHOTOS: Editor selections from the Middle East and Pakistan this week
PHOTOS: Editor selections from the Middle East and Pakistan this week
Activists in Syria’s besieged Aleppo protest against the United Nations for what they say is its failure to lift the siege off their rebel-held area, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Dozens of protesters marched in al-Shaar neighborhood heading toward the Castello road, the area from which aid is expected to be delivered. “Hunger better than humiliation,” one banner read. “X the UN,” another read. (Modar Shekho via AP)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Turkish Muslim woman prays outside Hira cave, where Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, at Noor Mountain, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Arabic is from the first verse of the Quran. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
People prepare to slaughter a camel on the second day of Eid al-Adha holiday in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Pakistanis are celebrating the Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim -- Abraham to Christians and Jews -- to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughter sheep and cattle, distribute part of the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
A group of Jewish girls from Brazil, left, talk with Palestinians from the west bank town of Nablus during the Eid al Adha Muslim holiday at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visit Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Pakistani man living near Hira cave reads before sunrise on Noor Mountain, where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of Islam’s most important historical sites _ the cave where the Prophet Muhammad spent time in seclusion, contemplation and self-reflection.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Israeli Viviane Menahem holds a photograph showing herself and former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the hospital where is hospitalized, in Tel Aviv, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Doctors treating former Israeli President Shimon Peres for a stroke say his condition has slightly improved. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
A Palestinian woman from the west bank town of Nablus enjoys the day on the beach during the Eid Al Adha festival in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visited Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, Salem, 5, who suffers from malnutrition, sits on a bed at a hospital in the port city of Hodeidah, southwest of Sanaa, Yemen. Even before the war, Hodeidah was one of the poorest cities in Yemen, the Arab world’s most impoverished nation. Now, the destruction of the port city’s fishing boats and infrastructure by Saudi-led airstrikes means the U.N. estimates 100,000 children in the province are at risk of severe malnutrition. (AP Photo)
A Palestinian woman stands in the water on the beach during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visit Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians for the holiday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People enjoy a ride on the last day of Eid al-Adha holidays in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Pakistanis celebrated Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim -- Abraham to Christians and Jews -- to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughtered sheep and cattle, distributed part of the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Pakistani man begs on Noor Mountain, where Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, reads before sunrise, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Though Hira cave on the mountain remains one of the few sites preserved from the time of the Prophet Muhammad, visitors encounter a markedly different summit than what Muhammad would have experienced. For starters, there are now more than 1,000 steps that guide pilgrims up the rocky hill to the secluded cave. Along the way, entrepreneurial Pakistanis sell bottled water, snacks and tea to pilgrims exhausted by the climb. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Activists in Syria’s besieged Aleppo protest against the United Nations for what they say is its failure to lift the siege off their rebel-held area, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Dozens of protesters marched in al-Shaar neighborhood heading toward the Castello road, the area from which aid is expected to be delivered. “Hunger better than humiliation,” one banner read. “X the UN,” another read. (Modar Shekho via AP)
Activists in Syria’s besieged Aleppo protest against the United Nations for what they say is its failure to lift the siege off their rebel-held area, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Dozens of protesters marched in al-Shaar neighborhood heading toward the Castello road, the area from which aid is expected to be delivered. “Hunger better than humiliation,” one banner read. “X the UN,” another read. (Modar Shekho via AP)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Turkish Muslim woman prays outside Hira cave, where Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, at Noor Mountain, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Arabic is from the first verse of the Quran. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Turkish Muslim woman prays outside Hira cave, where Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, at Noor Mountain, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Arabic is from the first verse of the Quran. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
People prepare to slaughter a camel on the second day of Eid al-Adha holiday in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Pakistanis are celebrating the Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim -- Abraham to Christians and Jews -- to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughter sheep and cattle, distribute part of the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
People prepare to slaughter a camel on the second day of Eid al-Adha holiday in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Pakistanis are celebrating the Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim -- Abraham to Christians and Jews -- to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughter sheep and cattle, distribute part of the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
A group of Jewish girls from Brazil, left, talk with Palestinians from the west bank town of Nablus during the Eid al Adha Muslim holiday at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visit Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A group of Jewish girls from Brazil, left, talk with Palestinians from the west bank town of Nablus during the Eid al Adha Muslim holiday at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visit Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Pakistani man living near Hira cave reads before sunrise on Noor Mountain, where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of Islam’s most important historical sites _ the cave where the Prophet Muhammad spent time in seclusion, contemplation and self-reflection.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Pakistani man living near Hira cave reads before sunrise on Noor Mountain, where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of Islam’s most important historical sites _ the cave where the Prophet Muhammad spent time in seclusion, contemplation and self-reflection.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Israeli Viviane Menahem holds a photograph showing herself and former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the hospital where is hospitalized, in Tel Aviv, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Doctors treating former Israeli President Shimon Peres for a stroke say his condition has slightly improved. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Israeli Viviane Menahem holds a photograph showing herself and former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the hospital where is hospitalized, in Tel Aviv, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Doctors treating former Israeli President Shimon Peres for a stroke say his condition has slightly improved. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
A Palestinian woman from the west bank town of Nablus enjoys the day on the beach during the Eid Al Adha festival in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visited Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A Palestinian woman from the west bank town of Nablus enjoys the day on the beach during the Eid Al Adha festival in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visited Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, Salem, 5, who suffers from malnutrition, sits on a bed at a hospital in the port city of Hodeidah, southwest of Sanaa, Yemen. Even before the war, Hodeidah was one of the poorest cities in Yemen, the Arab world’s most impoverished nation. Now, the destruction of the port city’s fishing boats and infrastructure by Saudi-led airstrikes means the U.N. estimates 100,000 children in the province are at risk of severe malnutrition. (AP Photo)
In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, Salem, 5, who suffers from malnutrition, sits on a bed at a hospital in the port city of Hodeidah, southwest of Sanaa, Yemen. Even before the war, Hodeidah was one of the poorest cities in Yemen, the Arab world’s most impoverished nation. Now, the destruction of the port city’s fishing boats and infrastructure by Saudi-led airstrikes means the U.N. estimates 100,000 children in the province are at risk of severe malnutrition. (AP Photo)
A Palestinian woman stands in the water on the beach during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visit Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians for the holiday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A Palestinian woman stands in the water on the beach during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Tens of thousands of Palestinians visit Tel Aviv and other places in Israel after Israel granted travel permits to West Bank Palestinians for the holiday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People enjoy a ride on the last day of Eid al-Adha holidays in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Pakistanis celebrated Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim -- Abraham to Christians and Jews -- to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughtered sheep and cattle, distributed part of the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
People enjoy a ride on the last day of Eid al-Adha holidays in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Pakistanis celebrated Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim -- Abraham to Christians and Jews -- to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughtered sheep and cattle, distributed part of the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Pakistani man begs on Noor Mountain, where Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, reads before sunrise, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Though Hira cave on the mountain remains one of the few sites preserved from the time of the Prophet Muhammad, visitors encounter a markedly different summit than what Muhammad would have experienced. For starters, there are now more than 1,000 steps that guide pilgrims up the rocky hill to the secluded cave. Along the way, entrepreneurial Pakistanis sell bottled water, snacks and tea to pilgrims exhausted by the climb. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 photo, a Pakistani man begs on Noor Mountain, where Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from God to preach Islam, reads before sunrise, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Though Hira cave on the mountain remains one of the few sites preserved from the time of the Prophet Muhammad, visitors encounter a markedly different summit than what Muhammad would have experienced. For starters, there are now more than 1,000 steps that guide pilgrims up the rocky hill to the secluded cave. Along the way, entrepreneurial Pakistanis sell bottled water, snacks and tea to pilgrims exhausted by the climb. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)