Palestinian girls stand under an umbrella during a rainy day in Gaza City. AFP
Palestinian girls stand under an umbrella during a rainy day in Gaza City. AFP
A man wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease walks in front of light sculptures of polar bears set up for the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays in Moscow. AFP
A man wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease walks in front of light sculptures of polar bears set up for the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays in Moscow. AFP
A Palestinian boy peeks from a hole in the wall of a makeshift home in the Araiba refugee camp, on rainy day in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
A Palestinian boy peeks from a hole in the wall of a makeshift home in the Araiba refugee camp, on rainy day in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
A firefighter stands on a water tank during fire in a scrap metal recycling plant of Deacero company in Guadalupe, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico. REUTERS
A firefighter stands on a water tank during fire in a scrap metal recycling plant of Deacero company in Guadalupe, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico. REUTERS
A murmuration of starlings flies over pine trees in the Piazza Venezia in central Rome. AFP
A murmuration of starlings flies over pine trees in the Piazza Venezia in central Rome. AFP
Children look at a model of the Longmarch rocket during an aerospace education lesson at a primary school in Yunyang county in southwestern China's Chongqing. AFP
Children look at a model of the Longmarch rocket during an aerospace education lesson at a primary school in Yunyang county in southwestern China's Chongqing. AFP
A man whose son is among those who were kidnapped by gunmen sit under a tree at the Government Science Secondary school in Kankara, northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria. AFP
A man whose son is among those who were kidnapped by gunmen sit under a tree at the Government Science Secondary school in Kankara, northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria. AFP
A woman waits for a Long Island Rail Road train in the Queens borough of New York. AP Photo
A woman waits for a Long Island Rail Road train in the Queens borough of New York. AP Photo

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Name: Thndr
Started: 2019
Co-founders: Ahmad Hammouda and Seif Amr
Sector: FinTech
Headquarters: Egypt
UAE base: Hub71, Abu Dhabi
Current number of staff: More than 150
Funds raised: $22 million

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