• An Iranian man sells colorful rope at the Tehran old Bazaar in Iran. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
    An Iranian man sells colorful rope at the Tehran old Bazaar in Iran. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
  • A rainbow is seen as a man walks along a beach in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    A rainbow is seen as a man walks along a beach in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • Palestinian girls peek through an opening in their temporary housing in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    Palestinian girls peek through an opening in their temporary housing in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • Supporters of the ousted Islamist Mohamed Morsi chant slogans and raise their hands with a four-fingered anti-government gesture that commemorates the deadly crushing by police of a 2013 Islamist protest camp, in the Faysal district of Cairo, Egypt. Hesham Elkhoshny / AP Photo
    Supporters of the ousted Islamist Mohamed Morsi chant slogans and raise their hands with a four-fingered anti-government gesture that commemorates the deadly crushing by police of a 2013 Islamist protest camp, in the Faysal district of Cairo, Egypt. Hesham Elkhoshny / AP Photo
  • An Egyptian artist stops with her bicycle in front of the Kasr Al Nile bridge that leads to Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
    An Egyptian artist stops with her bicycle in front of the Kasr Al Nile bridge that leads to Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
  • A Palestinian boy looks through the window of a building that was destroyed during the war between Israel and Hamas militants in January 2015, in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A Palestinian boy looks through the window of a building that was destroyed during the war between Israel and Hamas militants in January 2015, in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • Lebanese men walk along vineyards covered in snow, in the southern Lebanese village of Marj al-Zohour, Lebanon. Mohammed Zaatari / AP Photo
    Lebanese men walk along vineyards covered in snow, in the southern Lebanese village of Marj al-Zohour, Lebanon. Mohammed Zaatari / AP Photo
  • A volunteer takes a photo with children at the 'Bukra Ahla' center for psychological support in the rebel-held area of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / EPA
    A volunteer takes a photo with children at the 'Bukra Ahla' center for psychological support in the rebel-held area of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / EPA

Region in focus - January 27, 2016


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