• A Turkish army tank is seen driving towards Syria in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Karkamis, in the southern region of Gaziantep. Bulent Kilic / AFP
    A Turkish army tank is seen driving towards Syria in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Karkamis, in the southern region of Gaziantep. Bulent Kilic / AFP
  • Egyptians gather in front of their houses at a slum near the Nile City Towers in Ramlet Bulaq neighborhood, Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    Egyptians gather in front of their houses at a slum near the Nile City Towers in Ramlet Bulaq neighborhood, Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • A girl working on a wheat farm pauses for a photo in the village of Wakhan, in Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini /AP Photo
    A girl working on a wheat farm pauses for a photo in the village of Wakhan, in Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini /AP Photo
  • A municipal worker passes by a poster of a bomb victim during the cleaning process at the site of a deadly Islamic State group-claimed mall bombing in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. Khalid Mohammed / AP Photo
    A municipal worker passes by a poster of a bomb victim during the cleaning process at the site of a deadly Islamic State group-claimed mall bombing in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. Khalid Mohammed / AP Photo
  • The sun sets over the northern Gaza Strip. Amir Cohen / Reuters
    The sun sets over the northern Gaza Strip. Amir Cohen / Reuters
  • A young Lebanese woman launches a lantern during the third Lebanon Lantern Festival on a beach in Beirut, Lebanon. Oliver Weiken / EPA
    A young Lebanese woman launches a lantern during the third Lebanon Lantern Festival on a beach in Beirut, Lebanon. Oliver Weiken / EPA
  • An injured Syrian child cries as she awaits treatment at a makeshift hospital following a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus. Abd Doumany / AFP
    An injured Syrian child cries as she awaits treatment at a makeshift hospital following a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • Iraqi security forces remove a suicide vest from a boy in Kirkuk, Iraq. Ako Rasheed / Reuters
    Iraqi security forces remove a suicide vest from a boy in Kirkuk, Iraq. Ako Rasheed / Reuters
  • Members of the international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" transport animals across the Erez border crossing into Israel after evacuating them from the zoo in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Members of the international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" transport animals across the Erez border crossing into Israel after evacuating them from the zoo in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • A man reads verses from the Koran at the grave of his relative at the Wadi al-Salam cemetery, Arabic for "Peace Valley", in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
    A man reads verses from the Koran at the grave of his relative at the Wadi al-Salam cemetery, Arabic for "Peace Valley", in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters

Region in focus: August 24, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 24, 2016

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The best images from the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.

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