Palestinians wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as they wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip, on August 29, 2021. Egypt on Sunday re-opened the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip. Rafah, Gaza’s only gateway to the outside world not controlled by Israel, was shuttered on Monday by Egypt, which gave no official reason for the move. Photo by Ashraf Amra