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People shop from a stall selling Ramadan lanterns along a main street in the in the northern suburb of Shubra (home to a large Christian population) of Egypt s capital Cairo on April 12, 2021, at the start of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP
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A general view shows the Umayyad Mosque in the Old city of Damascus, Syria, on 12 April 2021. EPA
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A man checks a traditional lantern known in Arabic as Fanous Ramadan at the start of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the old city of Lebanon s southern city of Sidon, on April 12, 2020. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Egypt reported on Tuesday 643 new coronavirus infections, raising the total cases to 163,129 since the beginning of the virus outbreak. “Fifty-five more deaths were confirmed; raising the total number to 9,067,” Khaled Megahed, the Health Ministry’s spokesman, said in a statement. “Up to 127,433 patients have recovered so far,” the spokesman said. “As many […].