• People are reflected in mirrors as they walk through a market in the old city of Sana'a, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
    People are reflected in mirrors as they walk through a market in the old city of Sana'a, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
  • A woman takes a selfie with her children as they ride a swan shaped boat at Aspire Park in Doha, Qatar. Naseem Zeitoon / Reuters
    A woman takes a selfie with her children as they ride a swan shaped boat at Aspire Park in Doha, Qatar. Naseem Zeitoon / Reuters
  • A Palestinian child peaks from the entrance of her family home in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
    A Palestinian child peaks from the entrance of her family home in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
  • Yemeni boys ride and run after a donkey in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Saleh Al Obeidi / AFP
    Yemeni boys ride and run after a donkey in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Saleh Al Obeidi / AFP
  • Afghan protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Kabul. Wakil Kohsar / AFP
    Afghan protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Kabul. Wakil Kohsar / AFP
  • A Syrian solider decorates his weapon with flowers amid a field in al-Marah Village in the countryside of Damascus, Syria. Youssef Badawi / EPA
    A Syrian solider decorates his weapon with flowers amid a field in al-Marah Village in the countryside of Damascus, Syria. Youssef Badawi / EPA
  • A Palestinian municipality worker moves garbage in the West Bank city of Hebron. Abed Al Hashlamoun / EPA
    A Palestinian municipality worker moves garbage in the West Bank city of Hebron. Abed Al Hashlamoun / EPA
  • An Afghan man watches an anti-government protest from the space between two containers, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo
    An Afghan man watches an anti-government protest from the space between two containers, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo
  • Boys stand by a bullet-riddled wall during a final soccer game in a school championship, in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, Syria. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters
    Boys stand by a bullet-riddled wall during a final soccer game in a school championship, in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, Syria. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters
  • A Syrian refugee child looks out of a classroom window at a non-formal school, built by the NGO Kayany Foundation, where only Syrian students are enrolled, in the town of Saadnayel, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    A Syrian refugee child looks out of a classroom window at a non-formal school, built by the NGO Kayany Foundation, where only Syrian students are enrolled, in the town of Saadnayel, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, Iraq. Khalid Al Mousily / Reuters
    People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, Iraq. Khalid Al Mousily / Reuters

Region in focus: May 18, 2016


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