• Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Jerusalem's Old City. Ammar Awad / Reuters
    Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Jerusalem's Old City. Ammar Awad / Reuters
  • A man feeds monkeys atop Al-Shifa Mountain on a foggy day in Taif City, Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Al Hwaity / Reuters
    A man feeds monkeys atop Al-Shifa Mountain on a foggy day in Taif City, Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Al Hwaity / Reuters
  • Men rest atop Al-Hada Mountain in Taif City, Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Al Hwaity / Reuters
    Men rest atop Al-Hada Mountain in Taif City, Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Al Hwaity / Reuters
  • Two men walk toward salt-covered rocks that were once deep underwater at Lake Oroumieh, in northwestern Iran. Oroumieh, one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, has shrunk more than 80 percent to 1,000 square kilometers in the past decade. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
    Two men walk toward salt-covered rocks that were once deep underwater at Lake Oroumieh, in northwestern Iran. Oroumieh, one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, has shrunk more than 80 percent to 1,000 square kilometers in the past decade. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
  • An investigator walks near the wreckage of a Libyan military plane near Grombalia town, south of Tunis. The Libyan military plane carrying medical patients crashed killing all 11 crew and passengers on board after an engine failure. Anis Mili / Reuters
    An investigator walks near the wreckage of a Libyan military plane near Grombalia town, south of Tunis. The Libyan military plane carrying medical patients crashed killing all 11 crew and passengers on board after an engine failure. Anis Mili / Reuters
  • A Palestinian boy rides a bicycle holding his national flag as others demonstrate in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron against the closure of the main downtown street Al-Shuhada and also to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre of 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers by Jewish at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Thomas Coex / AFP
    A Palestinian boy rides a bicycle holding his national flag as others demonstrate in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron against the closure of the main downtown street Al-Shuhada and also to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre of 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers by Jewish at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • Palestinian boys climb a fence to watch a rally marking the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
    Palestinian boys climb a fence to watch a rally marking the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
  • Palestinian girls take part in a karate class at al-Reyadi club in Gaza City. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
    Palestinian girls take part in a karate class at al-Reyadi club in Gaza City. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
  • An armed Libyan demonstrator shouts slogans as they burn tyres blocking a main street in the eastern Libyan coastal city of Benghazi during a protest against the extended mandate of the General National Congress. Abdullah Doma / AFP
    An armed Libyan demonstrator shouts slogans as they burn tyres blocking a main street in the eastern Libyan coastal city of Benghazi during a protest against the extended mandate of the General National Congress. Abdullah Doma / AFP

Region in Focus - February 25, 2014


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