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Shopkeepers wearing protective face masks and gloves to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus sit in their shop at the Qazvin old traditional bazaar some 93 miles (150 kilometers) northwest of the capital Tehran Iran, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Iran is the COVID-19 hardest-hit country in the Mideast and one of the world's worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran, like wider Mideast, relies on deliveries amid pandemic

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

In this Sunday, April 19, 2020, file photo, people attend evening prayers while maintaining a level of social distancing to help avoid the spread of the coronavirus, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan. As Ramadan begins with the new moon later this week, Muslims all around the world are trying to work out how to maintain the many cherished rituals of Islam’s holiest month. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid virus restrictions

By Samy Magdy and Lee Keathy - Associated Press

This March 25, 2020 photo, shows the empty Sphinx complex of the Giza Pyramids in Egypt. &quot;Everything collapsed in a flash,&quot; said Sayed el-Gabri, a souvenir vendor, as he stared at the almost empty complex of Egypt's famed Giza Pyramids. It was not unexpected, but the evaporation of the stream of visitors to the ancient site was still a shock to el-Gabri and other tourism workers. He saw it coming, as the government stepped up its measures to slow the new coronavirus' spread, culminating in a ban on all international flights in and out of the country. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

AP PHOTOS: Virus threatening Egypt’s fragile economy

By SAMY MAGDY and NARIMAN EL-MOFTY - Associated Press

A man wears makeshift rain gear as he navigates a flooded road after heavy rains in the Zamalek district of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Thunderstorms packing heavy rains and lightning caused widespread flooding in Egypt on Thursday, killing several people and causing authorities to shut down schools and an airport, officials said. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Death toll at 21 as Egypt storms, flooding enter 2nd day

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Visitors and exhibitors wear masks at the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday confirmed the first cases in the Mideast of the new Chinese virus that causes flu-like symptoms, saying doctors now were treating a family that had just come from a city at the epicenter of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Egypt says cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

The body of former President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted from power in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, is brought to the Tantawi Mosque in eastern Cairo, Egypt for his funeral service, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Egypt is holding a full-honors military funeral for the 91-year-old Mubarak who died on Tuesday at a Cairo military hospital from heart and kidney complications. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

Egypt holds full-honors military funeral for Hosni Mubarak

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this April 2, 2008, file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks attends a meeting at the Presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt state TV said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. that the country's former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 uprising, has died at 91. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian president pushed aside in 2011 Arab Spring, has died at age 91

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2, 2008 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks attends a meeting at the Presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt state TV said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. that the country's former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 uprising, has died at 91. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Mubarak, Egypt’s autocrat ousted in uprising, dies at 91

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a local Non-Governmental Organization, Egyptian activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, poses for a photograph, in Egypt. A local rights group says Egyptian officials have transferred Zaki who was arrested on arrival at Cairo's airport to a &quot;less favorable&quot; detention facility. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 that the 28-year-old was transferred just as his parents showed up for visiting hours. (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights via AP)

Egypt extends detention of activist who criticized president

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2020 photo, Egyptian Vets for Animal Care, the country's first spay and neuter program, mark a puppy with red paint after giving it a rabies shot, in Cairo, Egypt. After centuries of stigma, the street dogs of Egypt are finding popular acceptance. Grassroots support like sterilization, medical care and shelter has surged in defiance of a government extermination policy. For decades, Cairo dealt with its stray animal problem by leaving poison in the streets. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt’s once-reviled street dogs get chance at a better life

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a local Non-Governmental Organization, Egyptian activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, poses for a photograph, in Egypt. A local rights group says Egyptian officials have transferred Zaki who was arrested on arrival at Cairo's airport to a &quot;less favorable&quot; detention facility. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 that the 28-year-old was transferred just as his parents showed up for visiting hours. (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights via AP)

Egypt’s top prosecutor denies activist was tortured

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a local Non-Governmental Organization, Egyptian activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, poses for a photograph, in Egypt. A local rights group says Egyptian officials have transferred Zaki who was arrested on arrival at Cairo's airport to a &quot;less favorable&quot; detention facility. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 that the 28-year-old was transferred just as his parents showed up for visiting hours. (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights via AP)

Egypt upholds detention of student critical of el-Sissi

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In this undated photo provided by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a local Non-Governmental Organization, Egyptian activist and researcher Patrick George Zaki, poses for a photograph, in Egypt. A local rights group says Egyptian officials have transferred Zaki who was arrested on arrival at Cairo's airport to a &quot;less favorable&quot; detention facility. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 that the 28-year-old was transferred just as his parents showed up for visiting hours. (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights via AP)

Rights group: Jailed Egyptian activist’s conditions worsen

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FILE - In this July 3, 2019 file photo, debris covers the ground and an emergency vehicle after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli in Libya. The United Nations revealed on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 new details about an airstrike that smashed into a migrant detention center in Libya, killing at least 50 people. The July attack, which ranked among the deadliest assaults on civilians since the start of Libya’s civil war, sparked international condemnation and accusations of war crimes. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

UN envoy hopes Libya talks will stem influx of foreign arms

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Protesters post a placard with the colors of the Palestinian flags and Arabic that reads &quot;Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine,&quot; at a barbed wire surrounding the Israeli separation wall and the Israeli settlement of Mod'in Ilit, background, during a protest against Israel and the Untied States in the West Bank village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Mahmoud Abbas threatens to cut security ties with Israel, U.S.

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019 file photo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Egypt’s president has called for “decisive” and “collective” action against countries supporting terrorism.&quot; His comments are an apparent reference to Turkey and Qatar, who back the Muslim Brotherhood group, which is outlawed by the Egyptian government. Addressing a two-day forum on peace in Africa in the southern city of Aswan, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says achieving sustainable development in Africa is needed, along with efforts to fight militant groups.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

El-Sissi dubs Egypt ‘oasis of stability’ amid clampdown

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In this Nov. 27, 2019 photo, Patrice Gaudensio, a refugee artist from South Sudan poses for a portrait during an exhibition titled &quot;Beyond Borders,&quot; featuring work by refugee artists, at Art Cafe in Cairo, Egypt. Gaudensio said he and his wife have experienced racism and discrimination several times in Cairo streets. Hundreds of thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants call Cairo their temporary home. Many have fled deadly violence or dire poverty at home only to face racist harassment, violence and rape in the megacity of some 20 million people. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Fleeing war, poverty, African migrants face racism in Egypt

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, a flag is waved by anti-government protesters as they demonstrate in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's recent decision to transport ancient Pharaonic artifacts to Tahriri Square, the epicenter of Egypt's so-called Arab Spring uprising in 2011, has fueled fresh controversy over the government's handling of its archaeological heritage. Archaeologists and heritage experts fear vehicle exhaust will damage the ram-headed sphinxes and an obelisk, currently en route to their new home in Tahrir Square. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)

Egypt draws ire with artifacts’ move to busy Tahrir Square

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Nov. 19, 2019 photo, a driver tries to maneuver his tuk-tuk in a narrow alleyway of a slum in Cairo, Egypt. Motorized rickshaws known as tuk-tuks have ruled the streets of Cairo’s slums for the past two decades hauling millions of Egyptians home every day. Now the government is taking its most ambitious stand yet against the polluting three-wheeled vehicles: to modernize the neglected transport system, it plans to replace tuk-tuks with clean-running minivans. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egyptian government seeks to do away with popular tuk-tuks

By ISABEL DEBRE and MOHAMED SALAH - Associated Press

Firefighters deploy after a factory hit by a rocket caught fire in Sderot, southern Israel , Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 12m 2019. Israel has killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza in a rare targeted killing that threatened to unleash a fierce round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel vows to keep hitting militants as 18 killed in Gaza

By Fares Akram and Aron Heller - Associated Press