BISHKEK,APR 30 (Xinhua)- Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe (5th L) poses with other participants of the 16th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) defense ministers in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, April 29, 2019. The16th SCO defense ministers meeting was held here Monday.

CHICAGO,APR 30(Xinhua) -- Hiral Vaidya, wife of the plaintiff Manant Vaidya who lost three generations of family members in the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, speaks during a news conference in downtown Chicago, the United States, on April 29, 2019. Two families filed lawsuits against Boeing in Chicago on Monday over the 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, the same day when Boeing held its shareholders meeting at the James Simpson Theatre in the Field Museum of Natural History in downtown Chicago.

DAMASCUS,APR 30 (Xinhua) - Syrian officials attend the revealing ceremony of two returned archaeological pieces at the National Museum in Damascus, capital of Syria, on April 29, 2019. Two archaeological pieces were returned to Syria from Italy on Monday to be showcased at the National Museum in Damascus. The two pieces, which are small gates of ancient tombs that date back to the 5th century, had disappeared from Syria since 1960 until Radwan Khawatmi, a Syrian expatriate in Italy, found them in an auction.

TRIPOLI, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Armed personnel in support of the UN-backed Libyan government are seen during clashes with forces of the east-based army led by Khalifa Haftar, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometers south of Tripoli, Libya, on April 29, 2019. The fighting so far has killed more than 270 people, injured over 1,300 others, and forced more than 38,000 people to flee their homes.

HORMUZ ISLAND (IRAN), April 29 (Xinhua) -- A girl and her family arrive in Hormuz Island, southern Iran, on April 29, 2019. Irans top military commander said on Sunday that the Islamic republic does not intend to close the Strait of Hormuz for the international shipping.

MECCA, APR 30 (UNI)- Workers cleaning the area at the premises of holy Kaaba in Mecca Al Mukarrmmah on Tuesday

MECCA, APR 30 (UNI)- Workers cleaning the area at the premises of holy Kaaba in Mecca Al Mukarrmmah on Tuesday.

MECCA, APR 30 (UNI)- Muslim devotees offering Tawaaf around the Holy Kaaba soon after the Fajar prayers in Mecca Al Mukarrmmah on Tuesday.

MECCA, APR 30 (UNI)- Muslim devotees offering Tawaaf around the Holy Kaaba soon after the Fajar prayers in Mecca Al Mukarrmmah on Tuesday.