The Dreamer

A cat gazes at meat hanging in a butcher’s shop in Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: AFP/Joseph Eid.

Fly High

A person holds a baby turtle as 25 newly-hatched Loggerhead and Green turtles are released into the sea in the Mansouri reserve south of Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: AFP/Mahmoud Zayyat.

Back to the Stars

The image of the late Egyptian diva Oum Kalthoum is projected on the opening night of the Baalbek International Festival in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, during a special tribute for her with performances of medleys of her most iconic songs. Photo: AFP/Stringer.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi’s Wife

Beirut, Lebanon: An installation of wedding dresses by Lebanese artist Mireille Honeïn and ABAAD NGO on Beirut’s Corniche, denouncing the article 522 of Lebanon’s penal code allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free. Photo: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Beirut, Lebanon: Protesters dressed as brides and wearing bandages hold a protest against article 522 of the Lebanese penal code. The law shields rapists from prosecution on the condition that they marry their victim – a custom that is still practised in the country, especially among conservative families whose chief aim is to preserve the family’s supposed “honour”. Photo: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Beirut, Lebanon: Activists from a resource centre for gender equality dress as brides and wear bandages during a protest against the Lebanese penal code. Photo: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images.

Under the Umbrella

Beirut, Lebanon: Pink umbrellas decorate the facade of the Ministry of Public Health as part of a campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer prevention. Photo: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters.

Crosses Without Graves

Mayfouk, Lebanon: Rosaries hang on a tree at the memorial of Our Lady of Elige after a mass was held to commemorate Christian fighters and members of the clergy killed during Lebanon’s civil war. Photo: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images.

Civil union

Beirut, Lebanon: Cute animal picture of the day: a cat stands near a horse. Who is photobombing who? Photo: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters.