YoungEgyptian director Omar El Zohairy, who was born in 1988, made headlines this week as he won the Critics’ Week Award at the Cannes International…
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World in Photos
Aerial view of the flooded camping site Jachthaven Hatenboer on July 16, 2021 in Roermond, Netherlands. The flooding has been caused by unusually heavy rain in the hilly parts of Germany and the Ardennes region in Belgium. In Germany the death toll has now passed 100 with dozens more missing. Rescue and evacuation operations are now underway in tricky conditions across the affected regions.
A visitor looks out towards the Paris skyline from halfway up the Eiffel Tower as the iconic landmark reopened for the first time in over 8 months on July 16, 2021 in Paris, France. The iconic Paris landmark has been closed since October 30th, 2020, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic restrictions, it's longest closure since WWII. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
Patients of Covid-19 got treatment in an emergency tent set up to handle an overflow of Covid-19 patients at Dr Sardjito General Hospital on July 16, 2021 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous country, imposed emergency restrictions on 15 locations beyond Java and Bali, aiming to tame the recent COVID-19 surge. The country is the worst-hit by the pandemic with daily cases numbers 56,757 infections on Thursday, making it the center of Asia's outbreak. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
A woman holding a picture of Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during a demonstration against the forthcoming Tokyo Olympic Games on July 16, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Protesters gathered to demonstrate against International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach’s visit to Hiroshima amid concern over the safety of holding the Games during the global coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)
Sharon Stone and Carine Roitfeld on the stage with the models during the amfAR Cannes Gala 2021 at Villa Eilenroc on July 16, 2021 in Cap d'Antibes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR )
Darja Sopova of Latvia celebrates in the Women's Triple Jump final during European Athletics U20 Championships Day 2 at Kadriorg Stadium on July 16, 2021 in Tallinn, Estonia. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images for European Athletics)
Heba, a 27-year-old employee at a local Saudi company, is unable to get used to office life again after she spent a whole year working from home. …
By the fourth Hijri century, religious discourse had reached full maturity. After two centuries of writing and documentation, and during the peak…
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