• Iranian women recite verses of the Quran during Ramadan at the shrine of Saint Mohammad Helal Ibn Ali in the city of Aran and Bidgol. Vahid Salemi / AP Photo
    Iranian women recite verses of the Quran during Ramadan at the shrine of Saint Mohammad Helal Ibn Ali in the city of Aran and Bidgol. Vahid Salemi / AP Photo
  • A Yemeni soldier walks over graves at a cemetery ahead of burying one of the soldiers who were killed in clashes in Amran province during a funeral procession in Sana’a Yahya Arhab / EPA
    A Yemeni soldier walks over graves at a cemetery ahead of burying one of the soldiers who were killed in clashes in Amran province during a funeral procession in Sana’a Yahya Arhab / EPA
  • A boy dives into a crater filled with water in Aleppo’s al-Shaar district. Activists said the crater was caused by barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Hosam Katan / Reuters
    A boy dives into a crater filled with water in Aleppo’s al-Shaar district. Activists said the crater was caused by barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Hosam Katan / Reuters
  • A chicken walks amidst the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A chicken walks amidst the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • A man carrying a child runs out of a burning building at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo’s al-Shaar district. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
    A man carrying a child runs out of a burning building at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo’s al-Shaar district. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
  • Egyptian dancers spin tanoura skirts simultaneously during Ramadan Festival in the Cultural Development Fund in Al Ghoury Palace in Cairo, Egypt. Al Tanoura is usually practiced by Sufi Muslims and is a spiritual practice where spinning and discarding three skirts represents the circular movement of the world. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    Egyptian dancers spin tanoura skirts simultaneously during Ramadan Festival in the Cultural Development Fund in Al Ghoury Palace in Cairo, Egypt. Al Tanoura is usually practiced by Sufi Muslims and is a spiritual practice where spinning and discarding three skirts represents the circular movement of the world. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defence rescue a man under the rubble following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the Qadi Askar neighbourhood in Aleppo. The opposition Syrian National Coalition said Sunday that regime forces are preparing to launch a major assault on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo. Ahmed Deeb / AFP
    Members of the Syrian Civil Defence rescue a man under the rubble following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the Qadi Askar neighbourhood in Aleppo. The opposition Syrian National Coalition said Sunday that regime forces are preparing to launch a major assault on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo. Ahmed Deeb / AFP
  • Palestinians standing behind the gate of Rafah crossing hold their passports as they try to cross into Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip. At least 74 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s offensive and Egypt’s state news agency said Egyptian authorities had decided to open the Rafah border crossing to Gaza to allow wounded Palestinians to receive medical care in Egypt. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    Palestinians standing behind the gate of Rafah crossing hold their passports as they try to cross into Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip. At least 74 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s offensive and Egypt’s state news agency said Egyptian authorities had decided to open the Rafah border crossing to Gaza to allow wounded Palestinians to receive medical care in Egypt. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

Region in focus - July 11, 2014

Robert Mickelson

July 11, 2014

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

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