Updated: May 23, 2014, 12:00 AM
Region in focus - May 23, 2014
An Afghan man works at an aluminium factory in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Ghulamullah Habibi / EPA
A boy runs from a friend spraying him with foam on Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem’s Old City. Finbarr O’Reilly / Reuters
A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hugs his poster in front of the Maadi Military Hospital, in Cairo. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
An elderly Egyptian man performs ritual dance in a ‘zikr’ tent as they celebrate Moulid at the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine in Cairo, Egypt. Khalil Hamra / AP Photo
Workers prepare Amman International Stadium for Pope Francis’ visit, in Amman, Jordan. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
Egyptian Children play on a swing as they celebrate Moulid outside the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, in Cairo, Egypt.EKhalil Hamra / AP Photo
Mourners gather during the funeral procession of Mahmud al-Sayed al-Dakruri, who was killed when supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi and police clashed outside Cairo’s al-Azhar university, in the province of Dakhaliya. Sayed Baz / AFP
Free Syrian Army fighters fire a self-made rocket towards forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Bustan al-Basha district in Aleppo. Hosam Katan / Reuters
Eastern Orthodox pilgrims pray near inside a Greek Orthodox chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem’s Old City. Finbarr O’Reilly / Reuters
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks as he holds his weapon in Wadi al-Deif military camp in Idlib province. Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
An Al-Jazeera channel’s journalist stands inside the defendants cage with his colleagues during their trial for allegedly supporting the Muslim Brotherhood at Cairo’s Tora prison. Mahmoud Khaled / AFP