• Palestinian members of a Gazan martial art group perform their ninja-like skills in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Palestinian members of a Gazan martial art group perform their ninja-like skills in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • A street vendor rides his motorbike past a billboard of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri ahead of Valentine’s Day in Sidon, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    A street vendor rides his motorbike past a billboard of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri ahead of Valentine’s Day in Sidon, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • Iraqis celebrate Valentine’s Day at al-Zawra Park in Baghdad, Iraq. Khalid Mohammed / AP Photo
    Iraqis celebrate Valentine’s Day at al-Zawra Park in Baghdad, Iraq. Khalid Mohammed / AP Photo
  • A woman wipes the eyes of a friend, effected by tear gas during clashes with riot police, as they gather to protest against a mine project in the northern Turkish city of Artvin. Yasin Akgul / AFP
    A woman wipes the eyes of a friend, effected by tear gas during clashes with riot police, as they gather to protest against a mine project in the northern Turkish city of Artvin. Yasin Akgul / AFP
  • Women react after Iraqi security forces detained suspects in the Nahr al-Ezz area, during a security operation, North of Basra. Haidar Mohammed Ali / AFP
    Women react after Iraqi security forces detained suspects in the Nahr al-Ezz area, during a security operation, North of Basra. Haidar Mohammed Ali / AFP
  • Internally displaced Afghan children watch a girl skip rope at a refugee camp in Ghazni. Sayed Zakeria / AFP
    Internally displaced Afghan children watch a girl skip rope at a refugee camp in Ghazni. Sayed Zakeria / AFP
  • Palestinian snake enthusiast Omar Ibrahim plays with an albino Python Molurus at his home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
    Palestinian snake enthusiast Omar Ibrahim plays with an albino Python Molurus at his home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
  • Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • Iranians wave the national flag during a rally commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Tehran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
    Iranians wave the national flag during a rally commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Tehran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
  • A protester launches firecrackers against a Turkish police water cannon during clashes in Istanbul. Cagdas Erdogan / AP Photo
    A protester launches firecrackers against a Turkish police water cannon during clashes in Istanbul. Cagdas Erdogan / AP Photo
  • The body of a young boy wrapped in shrouds is seen in a make-shift morgue, after he was killed in an air strike on the besieged rebel-controlled city of Douma, a flashpoint near the Syrian capital. Abd Doumany / AFP
    The body of a young boy wrapped in shrouds is seen in a make-shift morgue, after he was killed in an air strike on the besieged rebel-controlled city of Douma, a flashpoint near the Syrian capital. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • Hakim (L), an Iraqi Kurdish man, works at his workshop beneath the main market of Erbil, where he repairs weapons for Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fighting against the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists for free. Safin Hamed / AFP
    Hakim (L), an Iraqi Kurdish man, works at his workshop beneath the main market of Erbil, where he repairs weapons for Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fighting against the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists for free. Safin Hamed / AFP

Region in focus - February 17, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

February 17, 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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