A man prays inside the closed Moussawi Grand Mosque in Basra. AFP
A man prays inside the closed Moussawi Grand Mosque in Basra. AFP
A Palestinian clown wears a protective face mask while entertaining children staying at their home due a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus, in Khanyounis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
A Palestinian clown wears a protective face mask while entertaining children staying at their home due a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus, in Khanyounis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
Members of Free Patriotic Movement, a political party run by the Lebanese president's son-in-law, disinfect a restaurant in Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun. AFP
Members of Free Patriotic Movement, a political party run by the Lebanese president's son-in-law, disinfect a restaurant in Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun. AFP
Sherazade Mami, a 28-year-old Tunisian professional dancer and performer at the Caracalla dance theatre and a teacher at the Caracalla dance school, practises while wearing a surgical mask on the roof of her apartment building in the suburb of Dekwaneh on the eastern outskirts of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP
Sherazade Mami, a 28-year-old Tunisian professional dancer and performer at the Caracalla dance theatre and a teacher at the Caracalla dance school, practises while wearing a surgical mask on the roof of her apartment building in the suburb of Dekwaneh on the eastern outskirts of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP
Children gather near a US military vehicle on patrol along the M4 motorway near Hasakah in the countryside of Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah. AFP
Children gather near a US military vehicle on patrol along the M4 motorway near Hasakah in the countryside of Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah. AFP
An empty street in Saudi Arabia's Makkah. AFP
An empty street in Saudi Arabia's Makkah. AFP
A man wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, walks on the deserted Istiklal Street, the main shopping street in Istanbul. AP Photo
A man wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, walks on the deserted Istiklal Street, the main shopping street in Istanbul. AP Photo
A member of Red Cross asks questions to a man repatriated from Morocco by ferry, as around 600 people from European Union and around 230 vehicles arrived at the Sete harbour, southwest of Montpellier, France. AFP
A member of Red Cross asks questions to a man repatriated from Morocco by ferry, as around 600 people from European Union and around 230 vehicles arrived at the Sete harbour, southwest of Montpellier, France. AFP
Moroccan patients who recovered from the coronavirus disease celebrate with the medical staff as they leave the hospital in the city of Sale, north of the capital Rabat. AFP
Moroccan patients who recovered from the coronavirus disease celebrate with the medical staff as they leave the hospital in the city of Sale, north of the capital Rabat. AFP
A member of a medical team sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a bus in Shobra district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
A member of a medical team sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a bus in Shobra district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA

The Middle East Framed: regional photography for April 4, 2020

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The specs: 2018 Dodge Durango SRT

Price, base / as tested: Dh259,000

Engine: 6.4-litre V8

Power: 475hp @ 6,000rpm

Torque: 640Nm @ 4,300rpm

Transmission: Eight-speed automatic

Fuel consumption, combined: 7.7L / 100km

UAE’s revised Cricket World Cup League Two schedule

August, 2021: Host - United States; Teams - UAE, United States and Scotland

Between September and November, 2021 (dates TBC): Host - Namibia; Teams - Namibia, Oman, UAE

December, 2021: Host - UAE; Teams - UAE, Namibia, Oman

February, 2022: Hosts - Nepal; Teams - UAE, Nepal, PNG

June, 2022: Hosts - Scotland; Teams - UAE, United States, Scotland

September, 2022: Hosts - PNG; Teams - UAE, PNG, Nepal

February, 2023: Hosts - UAE; Teams - UAE, PNG, Nepal

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The Penguin

Starring: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz

Creator: Lauren LeFranc

Rating: 4/5

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AUSTRALIA SQUAD

Tim Paine (captain), Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner

The specs: 2019 Mercedes-Benz C200 Coupe


Price, base: Dh201,153
Engine: 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder
Transmission: Nine-speed automatic
Power: 204hp @ 5,800rpm
Torque: 300Nm @ 1,600rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 6.7L / 100km

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Favourite vegetable: “I really like the taste of the beetroot, the potatoes and the eggplant we are producing.”

Holiday destination: “I like Paris very much, it’s a city very close to my heart.”

Book: “Das Kapital, by Karl Marx. I am not a communist, but there are a lot of lessons for the capitalist system, if you let it get out of control, and humanity.”

Musician: “I like very much Fairuz, the Lebanese singer, and the other is Umm Kulthum. Fairuz is for listening to in the morning, Umm Kulthum for the night.”

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