A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.
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A boy waves a palm frond as Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday during a service in the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo -
A Yemeni boy holds a Kalashnikov rifle as armed Houthi supporters stand in Sana’a, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA -
Pakistani activists shout slogans as they take part in a rally to support the government of Saudi Arabia over the situation in Yemen in Karachi. Rizwan / Tabassum / AFP -
A Palestinian Bedouin mother and her daughter are in the courtyard of the house where they live amid harsh living conditions, West of Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP -
Egyptian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday during a service in the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo -
Young female Israeli settlers take a selfie as they sit in an army position near Talmon settlement in the West Bank next to Palestinian Village of Dir Amar. Menahem Kahana / AFP -
Afghan vendor Samim, 23, sits at his bakery as he waits to sell bread in Mazar-i-sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP -
A female artist paints a mural on a wall during the 'Women on Walls' public art project in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A young Palestinian man fuels a barricade of burning tires during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the Israeli settlements in Qadomem. Alaa Badarneh / EPA -
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men burn leavened items in final preparation for the Passover holiday in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel. Oded Balilty / AP Photo -
A slow shutter speed shows the taillights of a car as it drives past heavily damaged buildings in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus. Sameer Al Doumy / AFP -
Region in focus: April 8, 2015
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