PICTURED: Editor selections from the Middle East
Across the Middle East, Orthodox Christians observed Holy Week with processions, hymns and incense, while in Sudan, adherents of an Islamic mystical order danced and chanted until nightfall at the tomb of a 19th century Sufi leader.
Iranian protesters gathered outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran in a rare unauthorized protest against the alleged abuse by Saudi authorities of two Iranian men returning from a pilgrimage. Demonstrators shouted: "Shame on you!" and "Death to House of Saud!" in reference to the kingdom's ruling family.
In the West Bank town of Beit Ummar, mourners carried the body of Ziyad Awad during his funeral after he was killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers.
FILE - In this Sunday, April 5, 2015 file photo, an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian celebrates Palm Sunday in the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt. For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ's entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
In Egypt, policemen guarded a defendants' cage as a verdict was issued in the trial of several Muslim Brotherhood members in a case stemming from violence following the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Outside the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, forensics workers unearthed a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers massacred by the extremists when they seized the area last summer.
In northern Jordan, AP photographer Muhammed Muheisen took portraits of pregnant Syrian refugees who are living in an informal tent settlement. Nearly 3.8 million Syrians have fled their country and are now registered as refugees, according to the U.N.
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FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2015 file photo, covered in prayer shawls, Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of the Cohanim Priestly caste participate in a blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who served God in the Jewish Temple before it was destroyed, perform a blessing ceremony of the Jewish people three times a year during the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2015 file photo, Ethiopian Christian women pray during the Easter Eve service at St. Mark's Cathedral, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
FILE - In this Sunday, April 12, 2015 file photo, Christian pilgrims light candles prior to the Orthodox Easter service at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2015 file photo, Orthodox worshippers hold crosses as they wait to walk along the Via Dolorosa towards the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2015 file photo, adherents of the Qadiriyah sufi order attend a weekly gathering at the tomb of Sheikh Hamed Al Nil, a 19th century Sufi leader, where they dance and chant religious hymns until nightfall, in Omdurman, Sudan. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2015 file photo, a group of Iranian protesters chant slogans in front of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Defying a government ban, hundreds of Iranians protested over two male Iranian pilgrims who alleged abuse after Saudi officers at Jeddah's international airport searched them. Demonstrators shouted: "Shame on you!" and "Death to House of Saud!" in reference to the Saudi ruling family. Details of the abuse have not been made public though Iran formally has called for the Saudi officers to be punished. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2015 file photo, mourners carry the body of Ziyad Awad during his funeral in Beit Ummar, West Bank. Awad was killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers following a funeral of his cousin who died three months after being released from Israeli jail. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, April 9, 2015 file photo, a Palestinian protester scuffles with Israeli border policemen during a protest of the closure of a main road during a marathon organized by Jewish settlers on the road connecting Ramallah with Nablus, near the West Bank village of Sinjil. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2015 file photo, Egyptian policemen guard the courtroom defendant's cage during the verdict hearing in a case rooted in violence that swept the country after the military-led ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2015 file photo, a young boy dances as adherents of the Qadiriyah Sufi order gather at the tomb of Sheikh Hamed Al Nil, a 19th century Sufi leader at his tomb in Omdurman, Sudan, Friday, April 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, April 9, 2015 file photo, an Iraqi forensic worker excavates human remains in a mass grave, believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by Islamic State group militants when they overran Camp Speicher military base last June, in Tikrit, Iraq, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2015 file photo, mourners carry a flag-draped coffin during a mass funeral for seven members of the Badr Brigades Shiite militia, who were killed on the outskirts of Tikrit during fighting with Islamic State militants, during a mass funeral procession in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 8, 2015 file photo, mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of five Shiite militiamen killed on the outskirts of Tikrit during fighting with Islamic State militants, during their funeral procession in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 7, 2015 file photo, a surfer paddles in a peaceful and quiet Mediterranean sea near Beit Yanai, Israel, Tuesday, April 7, 2015, during the Passover holiday on a warm spring day. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
FILE - In this Sunday, April 12, 2015 file photo taken through an artificial waterfall an Egyptian girl uses her mobile phone to take a picture of her friends the Orman Garden in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE - In this Monday, March 16, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugee Samira Helal, 17, who is two months pregnant, poses for a portrait at inside her tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan. Nearly 3.8 million Syrians have fled their country and are now registered as refugees, according to the U.N. Most face increasingly desperate circumstances. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)
FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2015 file photo, an internally displaced Pakistani girl from a tribal area attends her daily lesson at a madrassa, a school for the study of Islam, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2015 file photo, Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, hold up their weapons as they attend a protest against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. Pakistani lawmakers on Friday unanimously voted to stay out of the Saudi-led air coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen in a blow to the alliance, while planes loaded with badly needed medical aid landed in Yemen's embattled capital, Sanaa, in the first such deliveries since the airstrikes started more than two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 8, 2015 file photo, smoke billows from a Saudi-led airstrike on Sanaa, Yemen. A state-run broadcaster in Iran is reporting that the Islamic Republic has sent a navy destroyer and another vessel to waters near Yemen amid a Saudi-led airstrike campaign. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 8, 2015 file photo, people flee after a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. A state-run broadcaster in Iran is reporting that the Islamic Republic has sent a navy destroyer and another vessel to waters near Yemen amid a Saudi-led airstrike campaign. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2015 file photo, International Committee of the Red Cross workers unload a cargo plane carrying humanitarian relief supplies for civilians affected by a Saudi-led airstrike campaign against Shiite Muslim Houthi rebels, at the airport in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 7, 2015 file photo, a Pakistani boy, evacuated from Yemen by Pakistan Navy ship, is kissed by his father upon his arrival at Karachi port in Pakistan. A Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen has asked Pakistan to contribute soldiers, Pakistan's defense minister said. Pakistan's parliament is debating the request and is expected to vote in coming days. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil, File)
FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2015 file photo, an Afghan farmer, left, pours water for his colleague to wash his hand after finishing work in Mazar-i Sharif, capital of Balkh, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, April 9, 2015 file photo, tourists ride camels at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Giza, home to the three famed Pyramids and Sphinx, has seen few visitors in recent years. Since the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, political violence has persisted, including militant attacks and violent protests. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
