• An Afghan youth jumps into a swimming pool in Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP
    An Afghan youth jumps into a swimming pool in Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP
  • A mother of a victim of the triple suicide bombing and gun attack, that occurred at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, reacts outside a forensic medicine building in Istanbul. Bulent Kilic / AFP
    A mother of a victim of the triple suicide bombing and gun attack, that occurred at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, reacts outside a forensic medicine building in Istanbul. Bulent Kilic / AFP
  • Members of the Iraqi police enter a damaged mosque in Fallujah, after Iraqi forces retook the city from the Islamic State group. Haidar Mohammed Ali / AFP
    Members of the Iraqi police enter a damaged mosque in Fallujah, after Iraqi forces retook the city from the Islamic State group. Haidar Mohammed Ali / AFP
  • A Palestinian man stands in front of suitcases as he waits for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A Palestinian man stands in front of suitcases as he waits for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • A Palestinian family walks along the street during a power outage during the holy month of Ramadan in the north of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    A Palestinian family walks along the street during a power outage during the holy month of Ramadan in the north of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • Women pose with guns in front of journalists in the Christian village of Qaa, where suicide bomb attacks took place on Monday, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon. Hassan Abdallah / Reuters
    Women pose with guns in front of journalists in the Christian village of Qaa, where suicide bomb attacks took place on Monday, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon. Hassan Abdallah / Reuters
  • An Afghan Muslim man reads versus of the Quran in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
    An Afghan Muslim man reads versus of the Quran in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
  • Palestinian youths play with fireworks as they celebrates during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan along the alley in Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip. Adel Hana / AP Photo
    Palestinian youths play with fireworks as they celebrates during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan along the alley in Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip. Adel Hana / AP Photo
  • A member of Iraqi counterterrorism forces stands guard near Islamic State militant graffiti in Fallujah, Iraq. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo
    A member of Iraqi counterterrorism forces stands guard near Islamic State militant graffiti in Fallujah, Iraq. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo

Region in focus: June 29, 2016


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