• A Palestinian riot policeman looks on behind a shield as he, and his colleagues, blocks a street to Palestinian protesters who demonstrate against the new cooperation between the Palestinian police with the Israeli police to find three missing Israeli teenagers in the center of the West Bank town of Ramallah. Tomas Coex / AFP
    A Palestinian riot policeman looks on behind a shield as he, and his colleagues, blocks a street to Palestinian protesters who demonstrate against the new cooperation between the Palestinian police with the Israeli police to find three missing Israeli teenagers in the center of the West Bank town of Ramallah. Tomas Coex / AFP
  • A man walks along the corniche at the start of the summer season for the Mediterranean city in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    A man walks along the corniche at the start of the summer season for the Mediterranean city in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • A vendor sells dates at a market ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Utaiqah neighbourhood, south of Riyadh. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
    A vendor sells dates at a market ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Utaiqah neighbourhood, south of Riyadh. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
  • Iraqi Turkmen forces patrol a checkpoint in the northern city of Tuz Khurmatu close to locations of jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters. Karim Sahib / AFP
    Iraqi Turkmen forces patrol a checkpoint in the northern city of Tuz Khurmatu close to locations of jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters. Karim Sahib / AFP
  • A rebel fighter walks through a hole in a wall on the frontline of Ramouseh, an area located beside Aleppo Artillery school. Hosam Katan / Reuters
    A rebel fighter walks through a hole in a wall on the frontline of Ramouseh, an area located beside Aleppo Artillery school. Hosam Katan / Reuters
  • Iraqi women wait outside of a temporary displacement camp for Iraqis caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul in Khazair, Iraq. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    Iraqi women wait outside of a temporary displacement camp for Iraqis caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul in Khazair, Iraq. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • A woman fishes along the corniche at the start of the summer season for the Mediterranean city in downtown Beirut. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    A woman fishes along the corniche at the start of the summer season for the Mediterranean city in downtown Beirut. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on the outskirts of Kirkuk, an oil-rich Iraqi city. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
    Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on the outskirts of Kirkuk, an oil-rich Iraqi city. Spencer Platt / Getty Images
  • Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in a training session in the grounds of their camp in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Karim Sahib / AFP
    Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in a training session in the grounds of their camp in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Karim Sahib / AFP
  • Shi’ite volunteers from the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council take part in a training in Basra, southeast of Baghdad. Essam Al-Sudani / Reuters
    Shi’ite volunteers from the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council take part in a training in Basra, southeast of Baghdad. Essam Al-Sudani / Reuters
  • An Iranian employee of the anti-drug police walk past 50 tons of drugs seized in recent months burning in eastern Tehran to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Atta Kenare / AFP
    An Iranian employee of the anti-drug police walk past 50 tons of drugs seized in recent months burning in eastern Tehran to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Atta Kenare / AFP

Region in focus - June 27, 2014

Robert Mickelson

June 27, 2014

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

Game Changer

Director: Shankar 

Stars: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Anjali, S J Suryah, Jayaram

Rating: 2/5

Profile

Company: Libra Project

Based: Masdar City, ADGM, London and Delaware

Launch year: 2017

Size: A team of 12 with six employed full-time

Sector: Renewable energy

Funding: $500,000 in Series A funding from family and friends in 2018. A Series B round looking to raise $1.5m is now live.

Towering concerns
Who's who in Yemen conflict

Houthis: Iran-backed rebels who occupy Sanaa and run unrecognised government

Yemeni government: Exiled government in Aden led by eight-member Presidential Leadership Council

Southern Transitional Council: Faction in Yemeni government that seeks autonomy for the south

Habrish 'rebels': Tribal-backed forces feuding with STC over control of oil in government territory

Keep it fun and engaging

Stuart Ritchie, director of wealth advice at AES International, says children cannot learn something overnight, so it helps to have a fun routine that keeps them engaged and interested.

“I explain to my daughter that the money I draw from an ATM or the money on my bank card doesn’t just magically appear – it’s money I have earned from my job. I show her how this works by giving her little chores around the house so she can earn pocket money,” says Mr Ritchie.

His daughter is allowed to spend half of her pocket money, while the other half goes into a bank account. When this money hits a certain milestone, Mr Ritchie rewards his daughter with a small lump sum.

He also recommends books that teach the importance of money management for children, such as The Squirrel Manifesto by Ric Edelman and Jean Edelman.

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