• Syrian children play on a destroyed tank south of Kobane, Syria. Sedat Suna / EPA
    Syrian children play on a destroyed tank south of Kobane, Syria. Sedat Suna / EPA
  • A Syrian refugee carries mattresses as he enters Syria from Turkey, after Kurdish People's Protection Units took control of the area, in Tal Abyad town, Raqqa governorate, Syria. Uygar Onder Simsek / AFP
    A Syrian refugee carries mattresses as he enters Syria from Turkey, after Kurdish People's Protection Units took control of the area, in Tal Abyad town, Raqqa governorate, Syria. Uygar Onder Simsek / AFP
  • Afghan men distribute food during the holy month of Ramadan in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Rahmatullah Alizadah / AFP
    Afghan men distribute food during the holy month of Ramadan in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Rahmatullah Alizadah / AFP
  • An Egyptian man washes himself on a boat in the River Nile, Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    An Egyptian man washes himself on a boat in the River Nile, Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
  • A volunteer puts an identification paper onto a body of a heatwave victim as other dead bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP
    A volunteer puts an identification paper onto a body of a heatwave victim as other dead bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP
  • Afghan security forces run at the site of a suicide attack during clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo
    Afghan security forces run at the site of a suicide attack during clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo
  • Egyptian women raise posters with people detained for violating the country's protest law as they hold a rally outside a presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed el Raai / AP Photo
    Egyptian women raise posters with people detained for violating the country's protest law as they hold a rally outside a presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed el Raai / AP Photo
  • People walk at the Khan el-Khalili market during the holy month of Ramadanin in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed El-Shahed / AFP
    People walk at the Khan el-Khalili market during the holy month of Ramadanin in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed El-Shahed / AFP
  • A street vendor sells dates during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
    A street vendor sells dates during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
  • Saudi and foreign Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at Turki bin Abdulaziz grand mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
    Saudi and foreign Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at Turki bin Abdulaziz grand mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
  • Displaced Iraqi families, who fled the ongoing conflict between pro-government forces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, wait to receive food prepared by Iraqi Kurdish women at a mosque in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP
    Displaced Iraqi families, who fled the ongoing conflict between pro-government forces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, wait to receive food prepared by Iraqi Kurdish women at a mosque in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP
  • A young girl, who fled her home due to attacks by the Islamic State (IS) group, drinks water at the Harsham refugee camp, ten kilometres west of Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP
    A young girl, who fled her home due to attacks by the Islamic State (IS) group, drinks water at the Harsham refugee camp, ten kilometres west of Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP

Region in focus - June 24, 2015

James O’Hara

June 24, 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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