A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.
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A Palestinian man rides his horse in the sea at a beach in Gaza City, Gaza. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images -
Under the watchful eye of Turkish soldiers, top, Syrian refugees are stuck after breaking the border fence and crossing into Turkey from Syria, in Akcakale, southeastern Turkey. The mass displacement of Syrians across the border into Turkey comes as Kurdish fighters and Islamic extremists clashed in the nearby city of Tal Abyad. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo -
A Lebanese army vehicle fires a TOW-II missile in the village of Taybeh, near Baalbek, eastern Lebanon. The Lebanese army has conducted a live-fire demonstration of advanced missiles supplied by the United States to help combat Islamic extremists along the country's volatile border with Syria. Bilal Hussein / AP Photo -
Men hold children saved from under rubble, at a site hit by what activists said was heavy shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters -
During a music workshop for traumatised children, Tamara Abu Ramadan a volunteer with the Tamer Institute plays ger violin in a bombed mosque. Using music, art, crafts and companionship as part of the process to help them overcome the mental trauma of war. Tamer volunteers organised a musical workshop for local children amongst the rubble and bomb sites of Gaza City. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images -
Palestinian beekeepers inspect beehives at the honey bee farm near the West Bank city of Jenin. Alaa Badarneh / EPA -
A Syrian man holds a wounded Syrian girl in the back of an van as they head for treatment at the Unified Medical Office for Douma, a make-shift medical centre in the rebel-held town of Douma, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria. Abd Doumany / AFP -
Members of the Gaza Breakdance Crew entertain local children and youths at their base in downtown Gaza City. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images -
People release sky lanterns during Lebanon Lantern Festival in Beirut. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters -
Young break dancer Baker Zoghra, aged four, looks on as members of the Gaza Breakdance Crew entertain local children and youths at their base in downtown Gaza city. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images -
Region in focus - June 17, 2015
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