Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary, waves to media as he registers his candidacy for the June 18 presidential elections, May 15, 2021. (Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
A man rides a bicycle past election campaign billboards depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a candidate for the upcoming presidential vote, in Damascus on May 23, 2021. (Photo: Louai Beshara/AFP)
A man rides his bicycle past a banner reading in Arabic “Who killed me?” and depicting Iraqi activist Ihab al-Wazni (Ehab al-Ouazni), who was shot dead in an ambush in Karbala on May 23, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)
Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi presents his identification as he registers his candidacy for Iran's presidential elections, at the Interior Ministry in capital Tehran, May 15, 2021. (Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP)
A child looks at the damaged room of his family apartment after by Israeli airstrikes near a residential building, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, May 20, 2021. (Photo: Adel Hana/AP)
Since the outbreak of protests in Iraq in October 2019, more than 80 activists have been subjected to assassination or assassination attempts. (Photo: Reuters)
In the background the Iron Dome missile sense system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by Hamas towards Israel from Gaza, and on foreground tens of other intercepts rockets while the Iron Dome is busy, May 16, 2021. (Photo: Anas Baba/AFP)
UN Special Representative for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (left) and Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani meet in Erbil on May 20, 2021. (Photo: Prime Minister's office)
A Syrian woman who lives in Lebanon, casts her ballot for her country’s presidential election at the Syrian embassy in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, May 20, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Malla/AP)
