• Afghan girls look around a wall at a refugee camp in Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP
    Afghan girls look around a wall at a refugee camp in Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP
  • Dancers, from the Spanish Aida Gomez dancing group, perform a Spanish flamenco dance drama at the Ali Abdul-Hussein Abdul Redha Theater, as part of the Al Qurin Cultural Festival, in Salmiya district of Kuwaitas. Raed Qutena / EPA
    Dancers, from the Spanish Aida Gomez dancing group, perform a Spanish flamenco dance drama at the Ali Abdul-Hussein Abdul Redha Theater, as part of the Al Qurin Cultural Festival, in Salmiya district of Kuwaitas. Raed Qutena / EPA
  • Damaged buildings are pictured at night in the rebel-held town of Dael, in Deraa Governorate, Syria. Alaa Al-Faqir / Reuters
    Damaged buildings are pictured at night in the rebel-held town of Dael, in Deraa Governorate, Syria. Alaa Al-Faqir / Reuters
  • Palestinians congregate during a sunset on Gaza beach, west of Gaza City. Maohammed Saaber / EPA
    Palestinians congregate during a sunset on Gaza beach, west of Gaza City. Maohammed Saaber / EPA
  • Two people watch the sunset on the Old City of Jerusalem. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Two people watch the sunset on the Old City of Jerusalem. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • A man attends Moulid al-Hussein, a gathering which commemorates the birth of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad's grandson, outside al-Hussein Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    A man attends Moulid al-Hussein, a gathering which commemorates the birth of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad's grandson, outside al-Hussein Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
  • Palestinians load a car with monthly food aid at an 'United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine' distribution center in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Palestinians load a car with monthly food aid at an 'United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine' distribution center in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • Storks stand on a hill as starlings fly past in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank. Menahem Kahana / AFP
    Storks stand on a hill as starlings fly past in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank. Menahem Kahana / AFP
  • Mourners surround the grave of Yacoub Abu al-Qiyan, 50, a Bedouin man who was killed last week when Israeli police staged a pre-dawn raid on the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran to demolish several homes, as Bedouin and Arab Israelis attend his funeral in the unrecognized Bedouin village. Menahem Kahana / AFP
    Mourners surround the grave of Yacoub Abu al-Qiyan, 50, a Bedouin man who was killed last week when Israeli police staged a pre-dawn raid on the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran to demolish several homes, as Bedouin and Arab Israelis attend his funeral in the unrecognized Bedouin village. Menahem Kahana / AFP
  • A member of Iraqi rapid response forces fires a weapon towards Islamic State militants in Antesaar neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
    A member of Iraqi rapid response forces fires a weapon towards Islamic State militants in Antesaar neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
  • A boy walks under damaged arches at the ancient Umayyad Mosque in the old city of Aleppo a month after government forces retook the city from rebel fighters. Louai Beshara / AFP
    A boy walks under damaged arches at the ancient Umayyad Mosque in the old city of Aleppo a month after government forces retook the city from rebel fighters. Louai Beshara / AFP

Region in focus: January 25, 2017

Fatima Al Marzouqi

January 25, 2017

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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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