An operation was underway on March 25, 2021 to try to free the Panama-flagged Ever Given cargo ship which became wedged in the Suez Canal and blocked the vital shipping route. (Photo: Suez Canal Authority via AP)
A giant container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal after a gust of wind blew it off course, bringing marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes. (Photo: AFP / HO/ Suez Canal)
A man walks his dog past electoral posters for Israeli Prime Minister and candidate Benjamin Netanyahu in the Arab city of Kfar Qassem in central Israel, on March 22, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan speaks during a press conference in the capital Riyadh on March 22, 2021, announcing an offer of a ceasefire with Yemen's Huthi rebels, March 22, 2021. (Photo: Fayez Noureldine / AFP)
Nawal al-Saadawi, who died aged 89 on March 21, 2021, spent a lifetime vexing politicians and clerics with her fight against the oppression of women and religious taboos, June 17, 2001. (Photo: Marwan Naamani / AFP)
Explosives-laden drone that targeted Abha International airport, in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Feb. 10, 2021. (Photo: AFP Photo / HO / Saudi Ministry of Media)
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) welcomes the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, at the airport in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AFP/Bandar al-Jaloud)
Yezidi (Ezidi) survivor Assimah Jassem Khedr, 20, said she was liberated from the so-called Islamic State after seven years of enslavement. (Photo: Hawar News Agency)
A convoy of US military vehicles arrives near the Kurdistan Region town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria on Oct. 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Safin Hamed)
