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Orthodox nuns look on as they take part in a religious procession during the celebration of the 1031st anniversary of the Christianisation of Kievan Rus in Kiev. (Getty)

Lebanese beachgoers watch as small turtles crawl on the sandy beach of al-Mansouri near Lebanon's southern city of Tyre. (Getty)

Clouds reflect in the water of lake Walchensee near the village Walchensee in the Alp mountains, southern Germany, on August 5, 2019. (Getty)

Vehicles, turned into light streams by the long shutter speed, go on roads ahead of the Eid al-Adha, on August 09, 2019 in Syrias northwestern Idlib province. Eid al-Adha, also called as Feast of the Sacrifice, the second of two religious holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide each year. People in Idlib continued preparations for the feast despite often being hit by attacks of Assad Regime and Russia. (Getty)

Riot police officers detain a protester during an unauthorised rally demanding independent and opposition candidates be allowed to run for office in local election in September, at Moscow's Trubnaya Square on July 27, 2019. (Getty)

Syrian Kurds in traditional clothing dance the "Dabke" in a street festival in the city of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on July 27, 2019. (Getty)