Exit polls show an estimated 25 million people participated in the 2018 Egyptian presidential election with election turnout standing at 40 percent. Results indicated presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi got around 23 million votes, 92 percent of ballots cast. His rival Moussa Mostafa Moussa received a mere 3 percent of the vote. What follows is a slide show of the campaign and voting process for the three-day election starting 26 - 28 March, 2018. Final results on 2 April.

Syrian players look on prior to the international friendly football game Qatar vs Syria at Basra Sports City stadium in the southern Iraqi city on March 24, 2018. HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP

Owning a superyacht is the dream for many aspiring billionaires, but with eye-watering price tags in the hundreds of millions it is unlikely most of us will even step foot on one, let alone own one! But for the world’s richest and most powerful Arabs, owning a superyacht is no big deal. In fact, Arab names dominate the list of owners of the world’s largest superyachts. So get ready for some serious bling - here are the top 10 largest superyachts owned by Arabs in 2018, according to Wikipedia.

Bethlehem Hosts the 6th International Palestine Marathon in which around 7,000 Palestinian and international runners from around the globe participated in on Friday. Participants are shown running along Israel's controversial separation barrier, which divides the West Bank from Jerusalem, in the biblical town of Bethlehem. They are seen running past a mural depicting U.S. President Donald Trump drawn, and Banksy's "The Walled-Off Hotel," near it.

The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) traveled to the U.S this week for his Washington tour which began with a CBS interview, the first time the young prince has done a video interview with an American broadcaster. Following suit MBS visited the White house where he met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss weapons sales and more.

More than 200,000 civilians have fled the city of Afrin in northern Syria in less than three days to escape a Turkish-led military offensive against a Kurdish militia, a war monitor said on Mar.17. Turkey and its Syrian Arab rebel allies have waged a nearly two-month offensive on the Afrin enclave, which is held by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). On the edge of Ghouta, a sprawling semi-rural area within mortar range of central Damascus, hundreds of civilians were still streaming out of destroyed towns, carrying scant belongings in ...

Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardment on the rebel-held besieged towns of the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on Mar. 12, 2018. Syrian regime forces cut off the largest town in Eastern Ghouta from the rest of the opposition enclave in a blow to beleaguered rebels defending their last bastion near Damascus. Government troops and allied militia have recaptured half of the besieged region in a blistering assault launched on Feb. 18 that has left nearly 1,000 civilians dead and prompted global outcry. Displaced Syrian civilians gather ...

Women from around the world unite to commemorate international Women's Day, the first one since the #MeToo movement started in late 2017, which has made waves as a hashtag through social media and brought more awareness to th sexual harrassment of women, the workplace, and more.

After the New York Times reported that the Saudi crown prince is the owner of a $300 million French chateau, many rushed to highlight his alleged hypocrisy. Chateau Louis XIV, described by Fortune as “the world’s most expensive home,” was listed by the Times as “one of several extravagant acquisitions” by the prince. They include a $620.57 million yacht and a $450 million Leonardo da Vinci painting. The publication implied this was hypocritical coming from a man who has undertaken a recent anti-corruption drive against Saudi Arabia’s wealthy elite.

A general view shows Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut playing against Lucas Pouille of France during their final match in the 2018 ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on March 3, 2018. KARIM SAHIB / AFP

Flags are of the mainly-Kurdish militia in Syria, the People's Protection Units (YPG, yellow flags), and of its female equivalent, the Women's Protection Units (YPJ, green flags). Their signs read, "Gabriel serves, Turkey bombs"; "My symbols - my identity"; and "To defend Afrin means to defend life." Andrea Nahles, parliamentary group leader of Germany's social democratic SPD party, and Hamburg's mayor and interim SPD leader Olaf Scholz stand in front of their party's logo as they give a statement in Berlin, before counting starts of the ballots of their party ...