Updated: April 18, 2014, 12:00 AM
Region in focus — April 18, 2014
Palestinian children play on the beach in Gaza City, Palestine. Mohammed Abed / AFP
A child uses a sling to hurl rocks toward Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron. Abed Al Hashlasmoun / EPA
Children pose for a photo during one of their relative’s wedding next their home at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Palestine. Mohammed Abed / AFP
Iraqi security forces fire an artillery gun during clashes with the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Jurf al-Sakhar, Iraq. Mushtaq Muhammed / Reuters
Young women look out from a hut in an agricultural area south of Iraq’s central Shiite Muslim Shrine city of Najaf, Iraq. Haidar Hamdani / AFP
An Afghan shopkeeper shows a burqa to a customer at a bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan. Aref Karimi /AFP
A Palestinian woman scuffles with an Israeli soldier as she tries to open a gate leading to the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
Palestinian children play at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
Orthodox Christians attend the Palm Sunday service in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed El-Shahed / AFP