![Starlight trails in the night sky over the ruins at Blaundus in Ulubey, Turkey on 3 July 2019 [Soner Kılınç/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/week-in-pic-20190704_2_37188923_45791066.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![Starlight trails in the night sky over the ruins at Blaundus in Ulubey, Turkey on 3 July 2019 [Soner Kılınç/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/week-in-pic-20190704_2_37188923_45791066.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Blaundus ancient city in Turkey`s Usak")
Starlight trails in the night sky over the ruins at Blaundus in Ulubey, Turkey on 3 July 2019 [Soner Kılınç/Anadolu Agency]
![A Palestinian man creates inanimate objects using wood, wires and lights in Gaza on 2 July 2019 [Mahmoud Ajjour/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/week-in-pic-020719_MJ_00-45.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "A Palestinian man creates inanimate objects using wood, wires and lights in Gaza on 2 July 2019 [Mahmoud Ajjour/Apaimages]")
A Palestinian man creates inanimate objects using wood, wires and lights in Gaza on 2 July 2019 [Mahmoud Ajjour/Apaimages]
![A cat parched on a tree trunk on a warm summers day in Turkey [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/week-in-pic-20190704_2_37192272_45797938.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Van Cats' sense of hearing")
A cat perched on a tree trunk on a warm summers day in Turkey on 4 July 2019 [Özkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency]
![Palestinian farmers harvest grapes in Gaza on 4 July 2019 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/week-in-pic-20190704_2_37197016_45805183.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Grape Harvesting in Gaza")
Palestinian farmers harvest grapes in Gaza on 4 July 2019 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]
![Hot air balloons fly over Cappadocia, Turkey in 5 July 2019 [Sercan Küçükşahin/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/week-in-pic-20190705_2_37202782_45815343.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "International Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Festival")
Hot air balloons fly over Cappadocia, Turkey in 5 July 2019 [Sercan Küçükşahin/Anadolu Agency]