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A heavy sandstorm swept across parts of the Middle East, killing two people and hospitalising hundreds in Lebanon and disrupting fighting and air strikes in neighbouring Syria.
Clouds of dust also engulfed Israel, Jordan and Cyprus where aircraft were diverted to Paphos from Larnaca airport as visibility fell to 500 metres.
The dust cloud hangs over Nicosia.
Children wearing face masks play table football in Homs.
Homs is enveloped in sand.
Chairs stand on a deserted terrace in Beirut.
The public beach at Ramlet al Bayda is seen in Beirut.
A pigeon rests on a wire in Sidon.
Dust hangs over damaged buildings in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus.
Beachgoers paddle in the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv.
A tourist walks through the Amman Citadel.
A cyclist rides through Jerusalem.
A Palestinian boy sleeps on a mattress inside the remains of his family's house in Gaza.
A Palestinian stands in the remains of a house in Gaza.
Schoolchildren ride a rickshaw motorbike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The sandstorm hangs over Cairo.
A Palestinian boy washes a horse in the Mediterranean Sea in the northern Gaza Strip.
