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Sun, 3 Aug 2014 12:07 PM

Women walk near the arches of Sio-se Pol (Thirty-three Arch Bridge) over Zayand-e Rud river in Isfahan in this March 12, 2008 file photo. Water shortages have long been a problem for countries across the Middle East, where a high birth rate, rising consumption and poor management has strained already scarce resources. But Iran has fared among the worst. The country of 76 million has survived an eight-year war with Iraq, U.S. sanctions imposed over its disputed nuclear program and violence on its borders. But experts say the main threat it faces today is dwindling water resources that have prompted some cities to consider rationing. REUTERS/Steve Crisp/Files (IRAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE)

Sun, 3 Aug 2014 11:18 AM

Palestinian women walk past a mosque and water tower damaged by what police said were Israeli air strikes and shelling in Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip August 3, 2014. An Israeli air strike killed at least 10 people and wounded about 30 others on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at Israel. The Israeli military said it was looking into the reported attack, the second to hit a school in less than a week. Israel began its air and naval offensive against Gaza on July 8 following a surge of cross-border rocket salvoes by Hamas and other guerrillas, later escalating the operation into ground incursions. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GAZA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sat, 2 Aug 2014 18:57 PM

Sri Lanka began arresting asylum seekers and refugees on June 9 and has since detained 214 Pakistanis and Afghans

Fri, 1 Aug 2014 17:26 PM

Women and children attend a demonstration supporting Palestine, in Berlin August 1, 2014. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8 in response to a surge of rocket attacks by Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists. Hamas said that Palestinians would continue confronting Israel until its blockade on Gaza was lifted. REUTERS/Steffi Loos (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 1 Aug 2014 17:16 PM

Women raise their hands as they take part in an attempt to set a new world record for the most number of mothers breastfeeding their child simultaneously at the same venue, at the Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul in Medellin August 1, 2014. About 200 women took part, failing to break the current Guinness World Record of 3,541 women. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

Fri, 1 Aug 2014 17:15 PM

Women take part in an attempt to set a new world record for the most number of mothers breastfeeding their child simultaneously at the same venue, at the Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul in Medellin August 1, 2014. About 200 women took part, failing to break the current Guinness World Record of 3,541 women. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)