The week in pictures

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An artist in a wet suit paints a portrait underwater within the "Our International Seas and Colors Underwater Painting Event" in Fethiye district of Mugla, Turkey on 28 April, 2018 [Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu Agency]

Outer view of Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque is seen during the Shab-e-Barat (night of salvation), one of five holy nights of the Muslims, the night of fortune and forgiveness, in Ankara, Turkey on 30 April, 2018 [Halil Sağırkaya/Anadolu Agency]

Palestinian children eat ice-cream during a heatwave in Gaza city on 1 May, 2018 [Mahmoud Ajour/Apaimages]

An aerial view of people at the Konyaalti Beach on a sunny day with temperature standing at 24 degrees Celsius and moisture at 86 percent in Antalya, Turkey on 30 April, 2018 [Orhan Çiçek/Anadolu Agency]

Palestinian protesters dressed as a character from the movie ‘Avatar’ take part in a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 3 May, 2018 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]

Members of the ancient Samaritan community take part in the ritual of Passover Sacrifice on Mount Grizim, overlooking the West Bank town of Nablus, 29 April, 2018 [Shadi Jarar’ah/Apaimages]

Two young boy enjoy with water in a pond near Mus Plain in Mus, Turkey on 2 May, 2018 [Yahya Sezgin/Anadolu Agency]

An artist in a wet suit paints a portrait underwater within the “Our International Seas and Colors Underwater Painting Event” in Fethiye district of Mugla, Turkey on 28 April, 2018 [Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu Agency]

Ethiopians prepare for fishing as pelicans swarm an enclosed area in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 29 March, 2018 [Mohammed Abdu Abdulbaqı/Anadolu Agency]

Palestinian farmers harvest wheat at a field near the Israel-Gaza border, in east of Gaza city on 2 May, 2018 [Yasser Qudih/Apainages]

Akie Abe, the wife of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visits Hisham’s Palace in the West Bank city of Jericho on 2 May, 2018 [Wisam Hashlamoun/Apaimages]