• Palestinian grooms release doves during a mass wedding ceremony in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    Palestinian grooms release doves during a mass wedding ceremony in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • Sikh devotees watch the Baisakhi festival at Panja Sahib shrine in Hassan Abdel, Pakistan. Caren Firouz / Reuters
    Sikh devotees watch the Baisakhi festival at Panja Sahib shrine in Hassan Abdel, Pakistan. Caren Firouz / Reuters
  • Tourists ride camels at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    Tourists ride camels at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • An Afghan man holds up his quail to fly in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    An Afghan man holds up his quail to fly in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • A young Saudi volunteer, from the Fayfa tribes, carries his bolt action rifle during a tribal gathering in the Jizan province, near the Saudi-Yemeni border. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
    A young Saudi volunteer, from the Fayfa tribes, carries his bolt action rifle during a tribal gathering in the Jizan province, near the Saudi-Yemeni border. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
  • The port of Gaza is lit up as Palestinian fishermen's boats are moored after sunset, in the west of Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    The port of Gaza is lit up as Palestinian fishermen's boats are moored after sunset, in the west of Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • Syrian emergency services personnel try to pull a woman out from under the rubble of a building following a reported barrel bomb attack by government forces on the rebel held Bustan al-Qasr district of Aleppo. Zein Al-Rafai / AFP
    Syrian emergency services personnel try to pull a woman out from under the rubble of a building following a reported barrel bomb attack by government forces on the rebel held Bustan al-Qasr district of Aleppo. Zein Al-Rafai / AFP
  • A Saudi artillery unit fires shells towards Houthi positions from the Saudi border with Yemen. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
    A Saudi artillery unit fires shells towards Houthi positions from the Saudi border with Yemen. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
  • A Syrian boy stands in the entrance of his tent at an informal seaside camp, in the southern costal town of Sarafand, Lebanon. Mohammed Zaatari / AP Photo
    A Syrian boy stands in the entrance of his tent at an informal seaside camp, in the southern costal town of Sarafand, Lebanon. Mohammed Zaatari / AP Photo

Region in focus - April 15, 2015

James O’Hara

April 15, 2015

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A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.

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