This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region between April 2-8, 2020.
This week’s selection includes scenes across the region, where the coronavirus has changed the course of daily lives.
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This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region between April 2-8, 2020.
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An aerial view shows a closed amusement park and empty road due to the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 4, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Member of Hevra Kadisha, an organization which prepares bodies of deceased Jews for burial according to Jewish tradition, waits during a funeral of a Jewish man who died from coronavirus in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP PhotoTsafrir Abayov)
An ultra-Orthodox Jew crosses a mainly deserted street because of the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday a complete lockdown over the upcoming Passover feast to control the country's coronavirus outbreak, but offered citizens some hope by saying he expects to lift widespread restrictions after the week-long Jewish holiday. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
A man exercises on the empty Ramlet al-Baida public beach during a lockdown that was imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
Lebanese groom Mostafa Baydoun, 29, walks with his bride Miran, 25, as they celebrate their wedding alone along the waterfront promenade in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 6, 2020. The government has imposed a curfew to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
A couple sit at a waterfront promenade along the Mediterranean Sea, which is almost empty of residents during a lockdown that imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, April 4, 2020. The virus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
Police officers restrict a rickshaw driver defying the nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Friday, March, 3, 2020. (Some mosques were allowed to remain open in Pakistan on Friday, the Muslim sabbath when adherents gather for weekly prayers, even as the coronavirus pandemic spread and much of the country had shut down. (AP PhotoPervez Masih)
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Laborers cover themselves with a plastic sheet in the rain as they wait for customers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 6, 2020. (AP PhotoRahmat Gul)
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A woman is reflected on a bus station as she wears a protective face mask amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 6, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
An aerial view shows a closed amusement park and empty road due to the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 4, 2020. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
Member of Hevra Kadisha, an organization which prepares bodies of deceased Jews for burial according to Jewish tradition, waits during a funeral of a Jewish man who died from coronavirus in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP PhotoTsafrir Abayov)
An ultra-Orthodox Jew crosses a mainly deserted street because of the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday a complete lockdown over the upcoming Passover feast to control the country's coronavirus outbreak, but offered citizens some hope by saying he expects to lift widespread restrictions after the week-long Jewish holiday. (AP PhotoOded Balilty)
A man exercises on the empty Ramlet al-Baida public beach during a lockdown that was imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
Lebanese groom Mostafa Baydoun, 29, walks with his bride Miran, 25, as they celebrate their wedding alone along the waterfront promenade in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 6, 2020. The government has imposed a curfew to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
A couple sit at a waterfront promenade along the Mediterranean Sea, which is almost empty of residents during a lockdown that imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, April 4, 2020. The virus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP PhotoHussein Malla)
Police officers restrict a rickshaw driver defying the nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Friday, March, 3, 2020. (Some mosques were allowed to remain open in Pakistan on Friday, the Muslim sabbath when adherents gather for weekly prayers, even as the coronavirus pandemic spread and much of the country had shut down. (AP PhotoPervez Masih)