Beirut’s Corniche promenade in Lebanon. Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters

The Grand Mosque in Basra, Iraq. Photograph: Essam al-Sudani

The Gateway of India in Mumbai. Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

Images show the fluctuation of nitrogen dioxide emissions across Europe. New satellite data reveals the decline of air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide emissions, over Italy. The effect is particularly marked in the north of the country. Photograph: European Space Agency

Cairo University in Egypt. Photograph: Shokry Hussien/Reuters

The pillars of the Roman temple of Hercules at the citadel in Amman in Jordan. Photograph: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters

A cafe in Sidon in Lebanon. Photograph: Ali Hashisho/Reuters

Najaf airport in Iraq. Photograph: Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters

Outside Omar El Mokhtar primary school in Cairo, Egypt. Photographs: Rania Gomaa/Reuters

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on the West Bank. Photograph: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters

A pool table in a cafe in the holy city of Kerbala in Iraq. Photograph: Abdullah Dhiaa al-Deen/Reuters

Souq Waqif in Doha in Qatar. Photograph: Ibraheem al-Omari/Reuters