• The peloton is on the way during the 6th and final stage of the Tour of Oman 2016 cycling race, over 130.5km from Muscat to Matrah, Oman. Sebastien Nogier / EPA
    The peloton is on the way during the 6th and final stage of the Tour of Oman 2016 cycling race, over 130.5km from Muscat to Matrah, Oman. Sebastien Nogier / EPA
  • A man walks past an exchange bureau advertisement showing images of the U.S dollar in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
    A man walks past an exchange bureau advertisement showing images of the U.S dollar in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
  • A boy walks past by a damaged building in the Sur district, which is partially under curfew, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey. Sertac Kayar / Reuters
    A boy walks past by a damaged building in the Sur district, which is partially under curfew, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey. Sertac Kayar / Reuters
  • An Iranian woman applauds during a reformists campaign meeting for the upcoming parliamentary elections at Hejab hall in downtown Tehran. Behrouz Mehri / AFP
    An Iranian woman applauds during a reformists campaign meeting for the upcoming parliamentary elections at Hejab hall in downtown Tehran. Behrouz Mehri / AFP
  • Mourners take seats ahead of the funeral of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in Al-Boutrossiya Church, in the main Coptic Cathedral complex in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
    Mourners take seats ahead of the funeral of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in Al-Boutrossiya Church, in the main Coptic Cathedral complex in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
  • An Afghan man works in a small sweets factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    An Afghan man works in a small sweets factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • Members of the Popular Mobilisation Units, pro-government paramilitaries forces, cover their ears as they fire a multiple rocket launcher during clashes with Islamic State (IS) group jihdists in Iraq's northern Kirkuk. Mohammed Sawaf / AFP
    Members of the Popular Mobilisation Units, pro-government paramilitaries forces, cover their ears as they fire a multiple rocket launcher during clashes with Islamic State (IS) group jihdists in Iraq's northern Kirkuk. Mohammed Sawaf / AFP
  • Syrian children gesture for silence in a classroom at school in the Al-Qaboun neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / EPA
    Syrian children gesture for silence in a classroom at school in the Al-Qaboun neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / EPA
  • An Iraqi soldier stands in an armed vehicle as they are stationed on the Iraqi-Saudi border in Iraq's southern Samawah. Haidar Hamdani / AFP
    An Iraqi soldier stands in an armed vehicle as they are stationed on the Iraqi-Saudi border in Iraq's southern Samawah. Haidar Hamdani / AFP

Region in focus - February 24, 2016


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