• Australian singer and songwriter Sia performs during Byblos International Art Festival, north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Byblos International Festival / AFP
    Australian singer and songwriter Sia performs during Byblos International Art Festival, north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Byblos International Festival / AFP
  • A Palestinian man surf as people enjoy the hot weather at a beach in Gaza city. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    A Palestinian man surf as people enjoy the hot weather at a beach in Gaza city. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • A bedouin farmer smokes a cigarette on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Tubas. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
    A bedouin farmer smokes a cigarette on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Tubas. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
  • An Israeli soldier tries to prevent a confrontation between an Israeli settler (L) and a Palestinian (R) after Israeli bulldozers were sweeping land near the West Bank village of Qusra, west of Nablus City. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
    An Israeli soldier tries to prevent a confrontation between an Israeli settler (L) and a Palestinian (R) after Israeli bulldozers were sweeping land near the West Bank village of Qusra, west of Nablus City. Alaa Badarneh / EPA
  • A man waves Turkey's national flag during the Democracy and Martyrs Rally, organized by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
    A man waves Turkey's national flag during the Democracy and Martyrs Rally, organized by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
  • A Palestinian protester sits in front of national security force members during a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
    A Palestinian protester sits in front of national security force members during a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
  • A general view shows rising smoke from a Syrian regime controlled cement factory, in Aleppo, Syria. Abdalrhman Ismail / Reuters
    A general view shows rising smoke from a Syrian regime controlled cement factory, in Aleppo, Syria. Abdalrhman Ismail / Reuters
  • A Lebanese Army soldier stands near unloaded Howitzers, part of a military donation from the U.S. government to the Lebanese army, during a ceremony at Beirut's port, Lebanon. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
    A Lebanese Army soldier stands near unloaded Howitzers, part of a military donation from the U.S. government to the Lebanese army, during a ceremony at Beirut's port, Lebanon. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
  • Sheikh Nozhan Selman, second from the right, poses for a picture with his men holding an Islamic State flag they captured in Hajj Ali, Iraq. Alice Martins / AP Photo
    Sheikh Nozhan Selman, second from the right, poses for a picture with his men holding an Islamic State flag they captured in Hajj Ali, Iraq. Alice Martins / AP Photo
  • A man reacts as victims of a reported mortar attack are treated at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, Syria. Abd Doumany / AFP
    A man reacts as victims of a reported mortar attack are treated at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, Syria. Abd Doumany / AFP

Region in focus: August 10, 2016


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