• Palestinian boys light fireworks amid the rubble of destroyed houses in the Al Shejaeiya neighborhood, in the east of Gaza City Mohammed Saber / EPA
    Palestinian boys light fireworks amid the rubble of destroyed houses in the Al Shejaeiya neighborhood, in the east of Gaza City Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • A man awaits treatment at a make-shift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria. Abd Doumany / AFP
    A man awaits treatment at a make-shift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria. Abd Doumany / AFP
  • An elderly Yemeni woman waits to receive free food donated by volunteers during the holy month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
    An elderly Yemeni woman waits to receive free food donated by volunteers during the holy month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
  • People walk past an artist working on a campaign titled "Your safety is important to us", to warn people over the dangers of mines and unexploded shells, in Douma on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP
    People walk past an artist working on a campaign titled "Your safety is important to us", to warn people over the dangers of mines and unexploded shells, in Douma on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP
  • Afnan Ahmed, 9, waits her turn to receive free food donated by Yemeni volunteers during the holy month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
    Afnan Ahmed, 9, waits her turn to receive free food donated by Yemeni volunteers during the holy month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo
  • An Iranian woman walks past graffiti in a southwestern street of Tehran. Behrouz Mehri / AFP
    An Iranian woman walks past graffiti in a southwestern street of Tehran. Behrouz Mehri / AFP
  • Devotees wait to to break the day's fast in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo
    Devotees wait to to break the day's fast in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo
  • Egyptian policemen stand guard after a bomb attack that targeted Egypt's prosecutor general in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    Egyptian policemen stand guard after a bomb attack that targeted Egypt's prosecutor general in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo

Region in focus - July 1st, 2015

James O’Hara

July 01, 2015

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

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