The best images from the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.
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Egyptian policemen react to the death of their colleagues at the site of an attack on policemen in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Mahmoud Abdel Ghany / EPA -
A Syrian refugee runs whilst playing with her brothers and sisters outside their apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo -
A woman fills cans with clean water from a donated source, amid an acute shortage of water supplies, in Yemen's capital Sanaa. Mohamed al-Sayaghi / Reuters -
Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front fighters carry weapons on the back of pick-up trucks during the release of Lebanese soldiers and policemen in Arsal, eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Reuters -
The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun is shown displayed in his burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, 500 kms south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Scans in King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings point to a hidden chamber possibly heralding the discovery of Queen Nefertiti's resting place. Khaled Desouko / AFP -
Palestinian female students are silhouetted against the sunset as they gather at a beach in the Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA -
A Libyan man practices kite boarding in the eastern city of Benghazi. Abdullah Doma / AFP -
Afghan security personnel keep watch at the site of a suicide blast that targeted a senior member of Afghanistan's election commission in Kabul. Ahmad Masood / Reuters -
The daughter of Druze policeman Wael Hamzeh Homs, who was captured in Arsal by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, kisses his picture as relatives react in celebration for his release in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Jamal Saidi / Reuters -
Region in focus - December 2, 2015
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