A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.
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Runners taking part in the Palestine Marathon pass by the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Nasser Nasser / AP Photo -
Kurdish fighters rest in a house on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Kobane. Yasin Akgul / AFP -
Iraqi security forces launch rockets against Islamic State extremist positions in Tikrit, Iraq. Khalid Mohammed / AP Photo -
A Palestinian throws back a tear gas canister toward Israeli troops during a protest marking Land Day, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo -
An Egyptian military helicopter flies around the congress hall during the Arab Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, south of Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
Pakistani laborer Abdul Jabbar takes a bath at a polluted stream outside Islamabad, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo -
Fighters from a coalition of Islamist forces stand on a huge portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian city of Idlib. Zein Al Rifai / AFP -
An Afghan man drives his damaged car from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo -
Illuminated lanterns float on a canal as part of celebrations to mark the beginning of the Spring season in Lahore, Pakistan. Omer Saleem / EPA -
Afghan security personnel gather at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo -
Kurdish men gather around a bonfire in the Syrian town of Kobane. Yasin Akgul / AFP -
Shadows of Iraqi soldiers can be seen against a wall, as they watch movements of their enemy at the front line, during clashes with Islamic State group extremists in Tikrit, Iraq. Khalid Mohammed /AP Photo -
A Kurdish boy sits on a destroyed tank in the Syrian town of Kobane. Yasin Akgul / AFP -
Region in focus: April 1, 2015
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