A cross is seen on a hillside overlooking the NPU (Nineveh Plain Protection Units) checkpoint on November 8, 2016 in Qaraqosh, Iraq. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Egyptian Christians, who took shelter at Saint Anthony church due to violent events in the Sinai Peninsula, carry their belongings in Zaafarana, Egypt on February 26, 2017. (Ibrahim Ramadan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A Iraqi Christian boy lights candles inside a shrine in the grounds of Mazar Mar Eillia (Mar Elia) Catholic Church, on December 12, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
A damaged painting of Jesus Christ on the ground of Syriac Orthodox Um al-Zinar church in the Christian Hamidiyeh neighbourhood of the old city of Homs, central Syria, May 12, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) looks on as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks during a meeting at the Plaza Hotel on September 19, 2016 in New York. (DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images)