Home Gallery Photos of the week: Saudi cinema launch, QE2 hotel opening, Arab summit by Aarti Saundalkar April 19, 2018 Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Awwad Alawwad and Vice President of AMC Jason Cole attend the opening ceremony of the AMC Entertainment Cinema in the King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 18 April 2018. Marvel’s Black Panther is set to be the first commercial film to be publicly screened in Saudi Arabia in more than 35 years. Photo credit: Getty Images A bird’s-eye view of the Queen Elizabeth II luxury cruise liner, also known as the QE2, docked at Port Rashid in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The liner, newly refurbished, is now a floating hotel. It opened its doors to the public on April 18, 2018. Image: provided Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (Forth from left) is photographed alongside several other Arab leaders at the conclusion of the joint Arab military drills “Gulf Shield 1” on 16th April, 2018. King Salman welcomed 25 leaders to the military maneuvers exercise, which is the largest in the region and stated that the exercise emphasizes the ability to operate within a unified military organization. A United Nations vehicle is seen outside the hotel where the international experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying in Damascus on April 19, 2018. UN security experts have said they were negotiating with Syrian and Russian authorities for international chemical inspectors to deploy to the site of an alleged toxic gas attack near Damascus, after a reconnaissance mission came under fire. The team from the world’s chemical arms watchdog has not yet been able to begin its field work in Douma, where dozens were killed in a suspected April 7 gas attack, as Western powers warn that President Bashar al-Assad’s regime may attempt to remove crucial evidence. Photo credit: Getty Images Flowers honoring Barbara Bush rest near the family’s home at Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport, Maine on April 18, 2018. Barbara Bush, the first woman since Abigail Adams to be the wife of one president and mother of another, died Tuesday at her home in Houston. She was 92. Photo credit: Getty Images 0 Comments