A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.
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A tourist shelters from the sun under an umbrella at the ancient temple of Hatshepsut, on the west bank of the Nile River, in Luxor, Egypt. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo -
People dance during the first color run called "Alwan LB" in Beirut, Lebanon. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters -
A Pakistani vendor arranges mosquito nets on display for sale at a roadside stall in Islamabad, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo -
A Pakistani health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in a neighborhood in Lahore, Pakistan. K.M. Chaudary / AP Photo -
A man takes a picture of his friend in front of the Pakistan Monument in Islamabad, Pakistan. Faisal Mahmood / Reuters -
Members of the ancient Samaritan community cook skewered Passover sacrifices after slaughtering sheep during the ritual of Passover Sacrifice on Mount Grizim, overlooking the West Bank town of Nablus. Nasser Nasser / AP Photo -
Palestinian protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during clashes next to the Israeli Ofer prison, in the West Bank village of Betunia near Ramallah. Abbas Momani / AFP -
College girls listen to the music of Pakistani pop star Annie Khalid at a spring festival in Islamabad, Pakistan. Caren Firouz / Reuters -
An Afghan woman wearing a Burqa, the all-covering dress worn by some Muslim women, walks past a beauty shop in, Kabul, Afghanistan. Allauddin Khan / AP Photo -
Egyptians gather to celebrate the birthday of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA -
Rebel fighters from the "First Battalion" under the Free Syrian Army take part in a military training in the rebel-held countryside of the northern city of Aleppo. Baraa Al Halabi AFP -
An Iraqi fighter from the Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades), a group formed by Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, takes part in a parade in the central city of Kufa, Iraq. Haidar Hamdani / AFP -
Free Syrian Army fighters fire a locally made shell towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in Al-Jdeideh neighbourhood in the old city of Aleppo. Sultan Kitaz / Reuters -
Region in focus: May 6, 2015
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