• Palestinian schoolgirls stand in front of a mural during an awareness training session on dangers of unexploded ordnance at a school in Khan, Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
    Palestinian schoolgirls stand in front of a mural during an awareness training session on dangers of unexploded ordnance at a school in Khan, Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
  • Palestinian youths pretend to hold the sun as it sets in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    Palestinian youths pretend to hold the sun as it sets in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • Afghan women shop for brooms at a roadside shop in Herat, Afghanistan. Aref Karimi / AFP
    Afghan women shop for brooms at a roadside shop in Herat, Afghanistan. Aref Karimi / AFP
  • Emergency responders help evacuate a Syrian boy from a residential building reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by government forces in Aleppo, Syria. Khaled Khatib / AFP
    Emergency responders help evacuate a Syrian boy from a residential building reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by government forces in Aleppo, Syria. Khaled Khatib / AFP
  • Ibrahem Shurab (R) a beekeeper inspects a rack of honey bees at his farm in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. The apiary’s 450 bees produce some 4,000 kilos of honey every year. Said Khatib / AFP
    Ibrahem Shurab (R) a beekeeper inspects a rack of honey bees at his farm in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. The apiary’s 450 bees produce some 4,000 kilos of honey every year. Said Khatib / AFP
  • A Lebanese participant rides a big bicycle during 'International Day of Sport' for the 'Development of Peace' program in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Wael Hamzeh / EPA
    A Lebanese participant rides a big bicycle during 'International Day of Sport' for the 'Development of Peace' program in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Wael Hamzeh / EPA
  • Relatives comfort a man grieving over the death of his father, who was killed in a bomb blast at a vegetable market, outside of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan. Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
    Relatives comfort a man grieving over the death of his father, who was killed in a bomb blast at a vegetable market, outside of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan. Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
  • A frog keeps cool in Anan Lake near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    A frog keeps cool in Anan Lake near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • Abuzar Ahmad, the youngest son of slain Afghan AFP reporter Sardar Ahmad, laughs during a visit by his uncle Bashir Mirzad (R) and AFP Bureau Chief for Pakistan-Afghanistan Emmanuel Duparcq (C) at a local hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Wakil Kohsar / AFP
    Abuzar Ahmad, the youngest son of slain Afghan AFP reporter Sardar Ahmad, laughs during a visit by his uncle Bashir Mirzad (R) and AFP Bureau Chief for Pakistan-Afghanistan Emmanuel Duparcq (C) at a local hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Wakil Kohsar / AFP

Region in focus - April 11, 2014

James Ohara

April 11, 2014

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