In the Middle East and North Africa
A Bedouin man – Wadi Musa, Jordan
A sand-blown haze drifts between the mountains and a Bedouin tent in the Jordanian desert.
The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine built in Jerusalem in the 7th century CE on the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif, which was also the site of the Jewish Second Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE.
Children playing at Wadi Rum, Jordan
Aqueduct of Caesarea Maritima, established by Herod the Great as the capital of the Roman province of Judea. Running from a spring 10 miles (16 km) away, this aqueduct delivered water for 1200 years.
On the road to Marrakesh – Morocco
A visitor contemplates the entrance to a structure carved out of the red sandstone at Petra, Jordan. The city was probably founded sometime in the 4th century BCE and was largely abandoned by the mid-8th century CE.
A narrow sandstone gorge—the Siq—frames the entrance to the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, Jordan.
The Shrine of the Book in Tel Aviv houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish manuscripts found in caves near the Dead Sea.
A snake charmer in Jemaa el-Fnaa square -Marrakesh, Morocco.
A woman resting in the shade, Wadi Musa, Jordan
A woman gathering wood in Wadi Rum, Jordan.
A bread merchant conducts business in Jerusalem’s Old City.
A woman and a child prepare a mid-day meal in Petra, Jordan.
A donkey patiently waits at a Bedouin encampment in the Jordanian hills.
A Bedouin man in a leather-jacket near Petra, Jordan