• The reflection of a Palestinian man is seen on a damaged television amidst ruins of homes destroyed during last year's 50-day war between Israel and Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip of Khan Yunis town. Said Khatib / AFP
    The reflection of a Palestinian man is seen on a damaged television amidst ruins of homes destroyed during last year's 50-day war between Israel and Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip of Khan Yunis town. Said Khatib / AFP
  • An Egyptian street vendor carries bread on his head on al-Moez street in Cairo’s Khan al-Khalili district, Egypt. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
    An Egyptian street vendor carries bread on his head on al-Moez street in Cairo’s Khan al-Khalili district, Egypt. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
  • Waves of the Mediterranean Sea hit the beach during rainy weather in Gaza City. Adel Hana / AP Photo
    Waves of the Mediterranean Sea hit the beach during rainy weather in Gaza City. Adel Hana / AP Photo
  • Afghan refugee schoolgirls attend a class at a makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
    Afghan refugee schoolgirls attend a class at a makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
  • An Afghan boy pushes a wheelbarrow carrying his brother during a rainy day on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
    An Afghan boy pushes a wheelbarrow carrying his brother during a rainy day on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
  • Afghan refugee schoolchildren attend a class at a makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
    Afghan refugee schoolchildren attend a class at a makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
  • Jaish Al-Islam (Army of Islam) brigade fighters launch a rocket towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad located beside Damascus International airport. Amer Almohibany / Reuters
    Jaish Al-Islam (Army of Islam) brigade fighters launch a rocket towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad located beside Damascus International airport. Amer Almohibany / Reuters
  • Children play on a donkey cart belonging to an elderly Afghan refugee sleeping on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
    Children play on a donkey cart belonging to an elderly Afghan refugee sleeping on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
  • Iraqi workers stand near a pipeline as it gushes oil at Al Tuba oil field in Basra, Iraq. Essam Al-Sudani / Reuters
    Iraqi workers stand near a pipeline as it gushes oil at Al Tuba oil field in Basra, Iraq. Essam Al-Sudani / Reuters
  • Lebanese people sit in the snow as they smoke a water pipe a day after a strong snow storm, near the village of Hamana, Mount Lebanon. Hussein Malla / AP Photo
    Lebanese people sit in the snow as they smoke a water pipe a day after a strong snow storm, near the village of Hamana, Mount Lebanon. Hussein Malla / AP Photo
  • Syrian refugee children play in a refugee camp in Kawergosk, near Erbil, northern Iraq. Robert Jaeger / EPA
    Syrian refugee children play in a refugee camp in Kawergosk, near Erbil, northern Iraq. Robert Jaeger / EPA
  • A Saudi man stands during a snowfall in the desert near Tabuk, northwest of Riyadh. Mohamed Alhwaity / Reuters
    A Saudi man stands during a snowfall in the desert near Tabuk, northwest of Riyadh. Mohamed Alhwaity / Reuters

Region in focus: February 25, 2015


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A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.