• Members of the Bin Ti Mohammed family, Syrian refugees who fled Aleppo, at their home in Gaziantep, Turkey. Seventeen members of the family live in a shanty area near Gaziantep city on the border between Turkey and Syria. More than 40 per cent of Syria’s pre-war population of 22.4 million has been displaced by the conflict. Sedat Suna / EPA
    Members of the Bin Ti Mohammed family, Syrian refugees who fled Aleppo, at their home in Gaziantep, Turkey. Seventeen members of the family live in a shanty area near Gaziantep city on the border between Turkey and Syria. More than 40 per cent of Syria’s pre-war population of 22.4 million has been displaced by the conflict. Sedat Suna / EPA
  • A supporter of Egypt’s former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wears a fake knife over his head as he celebrates at Tahrir square in Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
    A supporter of Egypt’s former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wears a fake knife over his head as he celebrates at Tahrir square in Cairo. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
  • An Egyptian child proudly lifts up his inked finger following his mother’s vote at a polling station in the Cairo suburb of Rod El-Farag. Jonathan Rashad / Getty Images
    An Egyptian child proudly lifts up his inked finger following his mother’s vote at a polling station in the Cairo suburb of Rod El-Farag. Jonathan Rashad / Getty Images
  • People look at a vehicle destroyed during a police raid on a hideout of al Qaeda militants in the Arhab region, north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
    People look at a vehicle destroyed during a police raid on a hideout of al Qaeda militants in the Arhab region, north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
  • Palestinians take cover from Israeli police from the cavalry unit as a stun grenade explodes nearby near the Damascus Gate during a march in the Old City of Jerusalem. Abir Sultan / EPA
    Palestinians take cover from Israeli police from the cavalry unit as a stun grenade explodes nearby near the Damascus Gate during a march in the Old City of Jerusalem. Abir Sultan / EPA
  • A Syrian woman stands inside a heavily-damaged building following reported air strikes by Syrian government forces with barrel bombs Aleppo. Baraa Al Halabi / AFP
    A Syrian woman stands inside a heavily-damaged building following reported air strikes by Syrian government forces with barrel bombs Aleppo. Baraa Al Halabi / AFP
  • Afghan men watch Kowk Jangi (partridge fighting) in Mazar-i-Sharif on May 29, 2014. The Kowk is a fighting partridge, prized by their owners who lavish great care on them, and keep them in domed wicker cages. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    Afghan men watch Kowk Jangi (partridge fighting) in Mazar-i-Sharif on May 29, 2014. The Kowk is a fighting partridge, prized by their owners who lavish great care on them, and keep them in domed wicker cages. Farshad Usyan / AFP
  • Palestinian youths fly kites during dusk in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Palestinian youths fly kites during dusk in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • Syrians waving flags drive to the Syrian Embassy in Yarze east of Beirut to cast their vote in the presidential elections. Joseph Eid / AFP
    Syrians waving flags drive to the Syrian Embassy in Yarze east of Beirut to cast their vote in the presidential elections. Joseph Eid / AFP
  • A poster showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, cemter, and Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on a micro bus in al-Qardahah town, near Latakia, Syria. Khaled al-Hariri / Reuters
    A poster showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, cemter, and Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on a micro bus in al-Qardahah town, near Latakia, Syria. Khaled al-Hariri / Reuters
  • A supporter of Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi walks between cars in the streets in Cairo. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    A supporter of Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi walks between cars in the streets in Cairo. Khaled Desouki / AFP

Region in focus - May 30, 2014

Robert Mickelson

May 30, 2014

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

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