Gaza City, Palestinian Territories
The Wider Image: Bee-sting therapy
Palestinian agricultural engineer Rateb Samour (L), who treats people with bee-sting therapy, speaks with patients at his clinic in Gaza City April 11, 2016. Samour sees 250 patients a day, whose complaints range from hair loss to cerebral palsy and cancer. He is not a doctor and has never worked in a hospital. Samour inherited the skill of bee-sting therapy from his father. From 2003 the agricultural engineer dedicated all his time to study and develop the alternative-medicine treatment of apitherapy, which uses bee-related products from honey, propolis - or bee glue used to build hives - to venom. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem SEARCH "GAZA BEE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES