• An Afghan drug addict looks out from under a bridge inhabited by drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    An Afghan drug addict looks out from under a bridge inhabited by drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • A policeman stands guard on the roof of the Karte Sakhi Shrine as Shiite muslims held a religious ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    A policeman stands guard on the roof of the Karte Sakhi Shrine as Shiite muslims held a religious ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP
  • Syrian rescue workers and citizens carry a child on a stretcher who was injured following a reported barrel bomb attack by Syrian government forces at the Al-Firdaws neighbourhood, Aleppo, Syria. Karam Al-Masri / AFP
    Syrian rescue workers and citizens carry a child on a stretcher who was injured following a reported barrel bomb attack by Syrian government forces at the Al-Firdaws neighbourhood, Aleppo, Syria. Karam Al-Masri / AFP
  • A boy walks in the River Ravi to release oil lamps and candles during the Shab-e-Barat festival in Lahore, Pakistan. Mohsin Raza / Reuters
    A boy walks in the River Ravi to release oil lamps and candles during the Shab-e-Barat festival in Lahore, Pakistan. Mohsin Raza / Reuters
  • Supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) wave flags during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey. Ozan Kose / AFP
    Supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) wave flags during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey. Ozan Kose / AFP
  • Pakistani model, Ayaan Ali, centre, arrives in tight security to appear in a court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Ali is under detention since her midnight arrest at Islamabad airport and now faces money laundering charges after authorities seized over $500,000 before she boarded a Dubai-bound flight. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo
    Pakistani model, Ayaan Ali, centre, arrives in tight security to appear in a court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Ali is under detention since her midnight arrest at Islamabad airport and now faces money laundering charges after authorities seized over $500,000 before she boarded a Dubai-bound flight. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo
  • A vendor is shwon wearing his rings as he sells his merchandise in Kabul, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    A vendor is shwon wearing his rings as he sells his merchandise in Kabul, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP
  • Fighters from the Badr Brigades Shiite militia clash with Islamic State group militants at the front line on the outskirts of Fallujah, Anbar province, Iraq. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo
    Fighters from the Badr Brigades Shiite militia clash with Islamic State group militants at the front line on the outskirts of Fallujah, Anbar province, Iraq. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo
  • Palestinian children sit amid the rubble of buildings, destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas, in the village of Khuzaa, southern Gaza strip. Said Khatib / AFP
    Palestinian children sit amid the rubble of buildings, destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas, in the village of Khuzaa, southern Gaza strip. Said Khatib / AFP
  • A young boy carries a basket of bread balanced on his head in Kabul, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    A young boy carries a basket of bread balanced on his head in Kabul, Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP

Region in focus - June 3, 2015

James O’Hara

June 03, 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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