• Palestinian youths walk next to the beach during sunset in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    Palestinian youths walk next to the beach during sunset in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • Israeli settlers barricade themselves in their house as Israeli security forces arrive to the illegal Jewish settlement of Amona, in the West Bank. Abir Sultan / EPA
    Israeli settlers barricade themselves in their house as Israeli security forces arrive to the illegal Jewish settlement of Amona, in the West Bank. Abir Sultan / EPA
  • A camel crosses the street in Saudi Arabia's al-Janadriyah area some 60 kilometres east of Riyadh. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
    A camel crosses the street in Saudi Arabia's al-Janadriyah area some 60 kilometres east of Riyadh. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
  • Shaolin martial arts students follow their trainer, Sima Azimi, 20, in black, during a practice session on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photos
    Shaolin martial arts students follow their trainer, Sima Azimi, 20, in black, during a practice session on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photos
  • A woman walks inside Aleppo's Umayyad mosque, Syria. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    A woman walks inside Aleppo's Umayyad mosque, Syria. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • A man takes a photograph of his friend as thick smoke rises from a fire, which broke out at oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants, before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
    A man takes a photograph of his friend as thick smoke rises from a fire, which broke out at oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants, before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
  • Kuwaiti children pose for a picture outside a winter camp close to the border with Saudi Arabia, in al-Julaia, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the capital Kuwait City. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
    Kuwaiti children pose for a picture outside a winter camp close to the border with Saudi Arabia, in al-Julaia, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the capital Kuwait City. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
  • Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, attend a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Said Khatib / AFP
    Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, attend a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Said Khatib / AFP
  • A man walks through a blizzard in the village of Sofar northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. Joseph Eid / AFP
    A man walks through a blizzard in the village of Sofar northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. Joseph Eid / AFP
  • Children play on a swing in a damaged neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    Children play on a swing in a damaged neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • Children play inside the Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah Mosque on Al Muezz street in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
    Children play inside the Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah Mosque on Al Muezz street in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo

Region in focus: February 1, 2017

James Ohara

February 01, 2017

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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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