The Gulf today: Best photos for January 28, 2021

Photos from around the region

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  Ashley Chesters of England plays his second shot on the third during Day One of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, UAE. Getty Images

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  Joint UAE-US military exerice in al Hamra, involving ground force units, the Presidential Guard and the US Marine Corps. WAM

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  Sayyid Hamoud Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior, chairs a Supreme Committee meeting during which the decision was reached to increase restrictions to combat Covid-19 in Oman. ONA

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  Delegates attend the a debate during the fourth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference at the capital Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel. Saudi Arabia opened a two-day Davos-style investment forum, with dozens of global policy makers and business tycoons lined up to speak at the largely virtual event. AFP

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  Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ameer al-Swaha, speaks during the fourth annual Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

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  Almond trees in the highlands of Asir, Saudi Arabia. SPA

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  Bahrain's Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, participates in a GCC Trade Cooperation Committee meeting. BNA

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  President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, (third from right) crowns the winners of the main ten rounds of the annual purebred Arabian Camel Festival. QNA

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  Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmed Nasser Al Sabah receives a letter from Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tareq addressed to the emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Sabah. KUNA

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