Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid receives Ukrainian President – the Gulf in pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the Middle East in the past 24 hours

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, receives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. WAM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a visit to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi with his wife Olena Zelenska, during an official tour of the UAE. WAM

Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs, presents the Second Class Scarf to Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan, former ambassador of the UAE to Saudi Arabia. SPA

More than 90 per cent of the Aqabat Al-Husam Road project in the Al-Baha region of Saudi Arabia is now complete. Residents in the area had called for improved safety measures. SPA

Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik receives the credentials of Ma Tong-hui, ambassador of North Korea, in Muscat. ONA

A sculpture in the grounds of the Katara theatre in Doha, Qatar. KUNA

The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Sabah receives Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah, the country's former prime minister. KUNA

Ali Abdullah Al Ahmad, UAE ambassador to France, presents a copy of his credentials as UAE non-resident ambassador to Monaco, to Prince Albert II of Monaco. WAM

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