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Photo by Yousef Allan
Photo by Yousef Allan

His Majesty King Abdullah performs Eid Al Adha prayers at King Hussein Ben Talal Mosque in Amman on Tuesday, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein.

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  • Annual Hajj reaches its peak at Arafat A Muslim pilgrim prays Monday on the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world (AP photo by Hassan Ammar)
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  • For some candidates, sub-districts meant defeat despite high vote totals An election official registers results of vote counting on election day,  November 9,  at a centre in Amman’s Third District (Photo by Thameen Kheetan)
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  • US praises Netanyahu’s settlement freeze as ‘promising’ An Israeli construction tractor drives past new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, outside the Palestinian city of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank on Monday (AFP photo)
  • Mediterranean summit delayed by stalled peace talks
  • Arab world among most vulnerable to climate change A woman winnows wheat in Al Haima district, west of Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday. Yemen, grappling with an increasingly dry climate and a booming population, is one of many countries in the region suffering from the impact of climate change (Reuters photo)
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