• A tourist bus parks in the Khour salt lake as Iranians warm themselves around a fire, while watching stars, in a tour of the Mesr desert about 305 miles southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
    A tourist bus parks in the Khour salt lake as Iranians warm themselves around a fire, while watching stars, in a tour of the Mesr desert about 305 miles southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
  • (L-R) Prime Minister of Bahrain, Sheik Halifa; Emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said; King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia; British Prime Minister, Theresa May; King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; Vice president and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Emir of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Bahrain's Crown Prince, Sheikh Salman bahrain; General Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, pose for a group photo on the second day of the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Manama, Bahrain. Carl Court / Getty Images
    (L-R) Prime Minister of Bahrain, Sheik Halifa; Emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said; King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia; British Prime Minister, Theresa May; King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; Vice president and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Emir of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Bahrain's Crown Prince, Sheikh Salman bahrain; General Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, pose for a group photo on the second day of the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Manama, Bahrain. Carl Court / Getty Images
  • An Iraqi soldier from the 9th Infantry Division holds his machine gun while heading to the frontline in Shyma district in Mosul, Iraq. Manu Brabo / AP Photo
    An Iraqi soldier from the 9th Infantry Division holds his machine gun while heading to the frontline in Shyma district in Mosul, Iraq. Manu Brabo / AP Photo
  • Palestinians are silhouetted by the sunset at the Gaza port, in Gaza City. Hatem Moussa / AP Photo
    Palestinians are silhouetted by the sunset at the Gaza port, in Gaza City. Hatem Moussa / AP Photo
  • A girl leads her camels as she sells fresh camel's milk on the GT road Peshawar, Pakistan. Fayaz Aziz / Reuters
    A girl leads her camels as she sells fresh camel's milk on the GT road Peshawar, Pakistan. Fayaz Aziz / Reuters
  • Iraqi forces backed by tribal militias fire artillery during battle to retake village from Islamic State on the eastern bank of the river Tigris Iraq. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Iraqi forces backed by tribal militias fire artillery during battle to retake village from Islamic State on the eastern bank of the river Tigris Iraq. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • Lightning strikes in the sky over Kuwait City. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
    Lightning strikes in the sky over Kuwait City. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
  • Children are seen through a bubble released by a vendor at a park in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
    Children are seen through a bubble released by a vendor at a park in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
  • Displaced Iraqis, fleeing villages under Islamic State control, sit in a van as security forces backed by tribal militias battle to retake area on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, Iraq. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Displaced Iraqis, fleeing villages under Islamic State control, sit in a van as security forces backed by tribal militias battle to retake area on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, Iraq. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • People gather under a Christmas Tree, marking the beginning of Christmas season in Zgharta city, north Lebanon. Omar Ibrahim / Reuters
    People gather under a Christmas Tree, marking the beginning of Christmas season in Zgharta city, north Lebanon. Omar Ibrahim / Reuters

Region in Focus: December 7, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

December 07, 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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