8 NEWSWEEK.COM MARCH 06, 2020
In Focus
Ơ GABRIEL BOUYS Ơ MUHAMMED SAIDUnder Siege
The war that never ends:
Pictured here, on February
14, are the children of Syrian
families who have been
forcibly displaced due to the
ongoing attacks carried out
by the Assad regime and its
allies. The kids are looking
out of a tent’s zipper door at
a camp in Turmanin, located
near the Turkish border on
a cold winter day in Idlib.IDLIB, SYRIAƠ PAULA BRONSTEINWaiting Game
A woman looks at the MS Westerdam
docked nearby in Sihanoukville. When
this picture was taken on February
17, there were 233 passengers
and 747 crew members on board;
all were tested for the coronavirus
before they were allowed to depart.
The ship was eventually declared
free of the virus and the passengers
were ʀown to Phnom Penh. An
elderly American woman was later
thought to be infected, then cleared.SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIAParty Time
A participant presents her outɿt
during the Queen of the
Carnival pageant in the Spanish
Canary island of Tenerife on
February 19. According to
Spanish media, the carnival
is in session for more than a
month. The Carnival Queen
competition is the festival’s
major event, which features
ornately dressed contestants
vying for the crown. Good luck!
THE SPANISH CANARY ISLANDS