• Children look at fish for sale in the rebel held Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters
    Children look at fish for sale in the rebel held Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters
  • Elderly men walk past a damaged mosque in a rebel-held area of Daraa, in southern Syria. Mohamad Abazeed / AFP
    Elderly men walk past a damaged mosque in a rebel-held area of Daraa, in southern Syria. Mohamad Abazeed / AFP
  • Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • A body of a drowned migrant (L) lays in the sand, off the shore of Gasr Garabulli, in the eastern city of Tripoli, Libya. EPA
    A body of a drowned migrant (L) lays in the sand, off the shore of Gasr Garabulli, in the eastern city of Tripoli, Libya. EPA
  • EgyptAir plane hijacking suspect Seif Eddin Mustafa flashes the victory sign as he leaves a court in a police car after a remand hearing as authorities investigate him on charges including hijacking, illegal possession of explosives and abduction in the Cypriot coastal town of Larnaca. Petros Karadjias / AP Photo
    EgyptAir plane hijacking suspect Seif Eddin Mustafa flashes the victory sign as he leaves a court in a police car after a remand hearing as authorities investigate him on charges including hijacking, illegal possession of explosives and abduction in the Cypriot coastal town of Larnaca. Petros Karadjias / AP Photo
  • A Palestinian man begs for money as he sits in front of a mural on a street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A Palestinian man begs for money as he sits in front of a mural on a street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • An Egyptian boy rides a donkey in the village of Shamma in the Egyptian Nile Delta province of al-Minufiyah. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
    An Egyptian boy rides a donkey in the village of Shamma in the Egyptian Nile Delta province of al-Minufiyah. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
  • A Syrian soldier stands with the Syrian flag inside the historical ancient city of Palmyra after regaining control from ISIS. EPA
    A Syrian soldier stands with the Syrian flag inside the historical ancient city of Palmyra after regaining control from ISIS. EPA
  • A Palestinian youth plays as the sun sets at the beach in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A Palestinian youth plays as the sun sets at the beach in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP

Region in focus: March 30, 2016


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