Hoping to draw tourists to Cyprus this summer, officials cite the "open-air lifestyle, abundance of personal space" and clean air. Here, rows of beach umbrellas await visitors on a nearly empty stretch of Nissi beach at the seaside resort of Ayia Napa earlier this month. Petros Karadjias/AP hide caption
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Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres (center) makes a statement Thursday. He is flanked by Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci (left) and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades (right) in Geneva, Switzerland. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Syeda Fatima, a human rights activist from Pakistan, shows a photo of a laborer she helped rescue. He asked that his name not be given to protect his identity. Kristin Adair/NPR hide caption
EgyptAir hijack suspect Seif Eldin Mustafa (middle) is escorted by Cypriot police officers as he leaves a court after a remand hearing in Cyprus. Petros Karadjias/AP hide caption
A passenger leaves a hijacked EgyptAir plane after it landed at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus. Petros Karadjias/AP hide caption
Navy SEALs took control of the Morning Glory on Sunday, the Pentagon said in a statement. The vessel was said to be carrying stolen Libyan oil. Dietmar Hasenpusch/DPA /LANDOV hide caption
At a Laiki Bank branch in Nicosia, Cyprus, early Thursday, customers lined up to be among the first allowed in. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters /Landov hide caption
A Cypriot man held some coins in Nicosia on Sunday. He and others on the island nation were watching anxiously as world leaders put together a bailout package for Cypriot banks. Katia Christodoulou/EPA /LANDOV hide caption
People queue to use an ATM outside of a Laiki Bank branch in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Saturday. Many rushed to cooperative banks after learning that the terms of a bailout deal with international lenders includes a one-time levy on bank deposits. Petros Karadjias/AP hide caption