• A Palestinian boy plays in his makeshift home during wet and cold weather in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    A Palestinian boy plays in his makeshift home during wet and cold weather in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • Smoke billows following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa. Mohamad Abazeed / AFP
    Smoke billows following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa. Mohamad Abazeed / AFP
  • A Palestinian girl peers through the door of her house in an impoverished area in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. Said Khatib / AFP
    A Palestinian girl peers through the door of her house in an impoverished area in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. Said Khatib / AFP
  • A member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent runs as he searches for victims following a reported government airstrike on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. Abd Doumany / AFP
    A member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent runs as he searches for victims following a reported government airstrike on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • The peloton make their way up the climb of Bousher Al Amerat on stage four of the 8th Tour of Oman, a 118km stage from Yiti to the Ministry of Tourism in Muscat, Oman. Bryn Lennon / Getty Images
    The peloton make their way up the climb of Bousher Al Amerat on stage four of the 8th Tour of Oman, a 118km stage from Yiti to the Ministry of Tourism in Muscat, Oman. Bryn Lennon / Getty Images
  • An injured woman holds an injured child at a hospital, after alleged airstrikes by forces loyal to the Syrian government hit areas inhabited by civilians in Barzeh, near Damascus. Sarieh Abu Zaid / EPA
    An injured woman holds an injured child at a hospital, after alleged airstrikes by forces loyal to the Syrian government hit areas inhabited by civilians in Barzeh, near Damascus. Sarieh Abu Zaid / EPA
  • A man takes an early morning swim in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    A man takes an early morning swim in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) female fighter adjusts a mortar in northern Deir al-Zor province ahead of an offensive against Islamic State militants, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
    A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) female fighter adjusts a mortar in northern Deir al-Zor province ahead of an offensive against Islamic State militants, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • Iraqi rapid response forces advancing towards south of Mosul are seen through a shattered glass window of a military vehicle. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
    Iraqi rapid response forces advancing towards south of Mosul are seen through a shattered glass window of a military vehicle. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
  • A general view of a bridge in the Iranian city of Ahvaz during a sandstorm this week. At least seven people were killed as floods, avalanches and dust storms gripped the country. Morteza Jaberian / AFP
    A general view of a bridge in the Iranian city of Ahvaz during a sandstorm this week. At least seven people were killed as floods, avalanches and dust storms gripped the country. Morteza Jaberian / AFP
  • A boy flys a kite on the Red Sea beach near the landmark Jeddah fountain, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    A boy flys a kite on the Red Sea beach near the landmark Jeddah fountain, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Amr Nabil / AP Photo

Region in focus: February 22, 2017

Fatima Al Marzouqi

February 22, 2017

The best images from the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.

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