• Women load bricks on a donkey-drawn cart at a brick factory in Najaf, Iraq. Alaa Al Marjani / Reuters
    Women load bricks on a donkey-drawn cart at a brick factory in Najaf, Iraq. Alaa Al Marjani / Reuters
  • A Saudi man fires a weapon as he performs a traditional dance during Janadriyah Culture Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
    A Saudi man fires a weapon as he performs a traditional dance during Janadriyah Culture Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
  • Egyptians dance during Moulid al-Hussein, a Sufi gathering which commemorates the birth of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    Egyptians dance during Moulid al-Hussein, a Sufi gathering which commemorates the birth of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
  • A gull flies over the Mediterranean Sea as the sun rises over snow-covered Mount Sannine, in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    A gull flies over the Mediterranean Sea as the sun rises over snow-covered Mount Sannine, in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • A Syrian woman holds a child as she waits with others to return to Syria at the Turkish Oncupinar border gate near Kilis, southern-central Turkey. Bulent Kilic / AFP
    A Syrian woman holds a child as she waits with others to return to Syria at the Turkish Oncupinar border gate near Kilis, southern-central Turkey. Bulent Kilic / AFP
  • A man smokes next to a street cart selling tea at the closed Turkish border gate in Kilis, Turkey. Chris McGrath / Getty Images
    A man smokes next to a street cart selling tea at the closed Turkish border gate in Kilis, Turkey. Chris McGrath / Getty Images
  • Syrian migrants and refugees wait in front of the Turkish Oncupinar crossing gate, near the town of Kilis, to return to Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP
    Syrian migrants and refugees wait in front of the Turkish Oncupinar crossing gate, near the town of Kilis, to return to Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP
  • A Palestinian girl dressed in a traditional outfit walks in a field near her house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. WAC / AFP
    A Palestinian girl dressed in a traditional outfit walks in a field near her house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. WAC / AFP
  • The children of an impoverished Iraqi family, who live in structures made up of scrap metal, play outside their homes in the holy city of Najaf. Haidar Hamdani / AFP
    The children of an impoverished Iraqi family, who live in structures made up of scrap metal, play outside their homes in the holy city of Najaf. Haidar Hamdani / AFP
  • A refugee warms himself at a bonfire at the Turkish border crossing gate as Syrians fleeing the northern embattled city of Aleppo wait in Bab-Al Salam, near the city of Azaz, northern Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP
    A refugee warms himself at a bonfire at the Turkish border crossing gate as Syrians fleeing the northern embattled city of Aleppo wait in Bab-Al Salam, near the city of Azaz, northern Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP
  • Displaced Iraqis, who fled regions controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group near Fallujah, carry their belongings as they arrive in the Jwaibah area, on the eastern outskirts of Ramadi, after pro-government troops retook it from jihadists. Moadh Al Dulaimi / AFP
    Displaced Iraqis, who fled regions controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group near Fallujah, carry their belongings as they arrive in the Jwaibah area, on the eastern outskirts of Ramadi, after pro-government troops retook it from jihadists. Moadh Al Dulaimi / AFP

Region in focus - February 10, 2016

James O’Hara

February 10, 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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