• Egyptians gather around an ambulance carrying the body of pilot Mahmoud Mohamed during his funeral in his village of al-Satamony near the city of Mansura. Mohamed was among four Egyptian crewmen who were killed when their aircraft malfunctioned and crashed during an operation against jihadists in the southwest of the country. Stringer / AFP
    Egyptians gather around an ambulance carrying the body of pilot Mahmoud Mohamed during his funeral in his village of al-Satamony near the city of Mansura. Mohamed was among four Egyptian crewmen who were killed when their aircraft malfunctioned and crashed during an operation against jihadists in the southwest of the country. Stringer / AFP
  • A Palestinian boy stands behind a wall decorated with graffiti in Gaza city depicting 31-year-old Mohammed Allan, a Palestinian held by Israel, without trial, and who has reportedly slipped into a coma after a nearly two-month hunger strike. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A Palestinian boy stands behind a wall decorated with graffiti in Gaza city depicting 31-year-old Mohammed Allan, a Palestinian held by Israel, without trial, and who has reportedly slipped into a coma after a nearly two-month hunger strike. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • People enjoy the warm weather on the coast in Naqoura, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    People enjoy the warm weather on the coast in Naqoura, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • A Palestinian girl looks through a bus window as she waits with her family to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A Palestinian girl looks through a bus window as she waits with her family to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • A vendor sells dates on a pick-up truck during the annual dates festival in Berida, central province of Qassim, KSA. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
    A vendor sells dates on a pick-up truck during the annual dates festival in Berida, central province of Qassim, KSA. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
  • A Yemeni child stands at a door as she waits to receive a polio vaccination during a house-to-house immunisation campaign in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
    A Yemeni child stands at a door as she waits to receive a polio vaccination during a house-to-house immunisation campaign in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
  • A man dives into the sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
    A man dives into the sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
  • Egyptian animal trainer Mohamed Sayed Elhelwe, feeds a lion during a performance at the National circus in Mersa Matruh, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    Egyptian animal trainer Mohamed Sayed Elhelwe, feeds a lion during a performance at the National circus in Mersa Matruh, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • A girl drinks water inside the Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah Mosque on Al Muezz street in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
    A girl drinks water inside the Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah Mosque on Al Muezz street in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
  • A young Palestinian crawls under barbed wire during a military-style exercise at a summer camp organized by the Islamic Jihadist movement, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A young Palestinian crawls under barbed wire during a military-style exercise at a summer camp organized by the Islamic Jihadist movement, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

Region in focus: August 19, 2015

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 19, 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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