• A landslide-affected Afghan villager looks on at the scene of the incident in the Argo district of Badakhshan, northern Afghanistan. Shah Marai / AFP
    A landslide-affected Afghan villager looks on at the scene of the incident in the Argo district of Badakhshan, northern Afghanistan. Shah Marai / AFP
  • Afghan members of civil society organizations light candles during a memorial service for the victims of the landslide at Aab Bareek village, Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. Kamran Shefayee / AFP
    Afghan members of civil society organizations light candles during a memorial service for the victims of the landslide at Aab Bareek village, Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. Kamran Shefayee / AFP
  • An Afghan child amputee practices walking with his prosthetic leg at one of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hospitals for war victims and the disabled in Jalalabad. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
    An Afghan child amputee practices walking with his prosthetic leg at one of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hospitals for war victims and the disabled in Jalalabad. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
  • Iranian firemen try to control a fire in a machine-oil depot in the city of Qazvin, western Iran. Erfan Dadkhah / EPA
    Iranian firemen try to control a fire in a machine-oil depot in the city of Qazvin, western Iran. Erfan Dadkhah / EPA
  • Egyptian supporters of former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hold his portraits as they watch him on a screen from a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    Egyptian supporters of former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hold his portraits as they watch him on a screen from a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
  • Pakistani men carry jerry cans as they walk along a water pipeline in Karachi. Asif Hassan / AFP
    Pakistani men carry jerry cans as they walk along a water pipeline in Karachi. Asif Hassan / AFP
  • Palestinian women walk past a mural depicting late Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, left, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City. Thomas Coex / AFP
    Palestinian women walk past a mural depicting late Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, left, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City. Thomas Coex / AFP
  • A young man cools off in the water of a leaking pipeline during a heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan. Asif Hassan / AFP
    A young man cools off in the water of a leaking pipeline during a heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan. Asif Hassan / AFP
  • An Indian worker spreads mangoes before packing them for sale at a wholesale fruit market in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India. Jaipal Singh / EPA
    An Indian worker spreads mangoes before packing them for sale at a wholesale fruit market in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India. Jaipal Singh / EPA
  • A Libyan man practices parkour, as a helicopter flies past, at a beach in Benghazi, Libya. Esam Omran Al-Fetori / Reuters
    A Libyan man practices parkour, as a helicopter flies past, at a beach in Benghazi, Libya. Esam Omran Al-Fetori / Reuters
  • A defendent stands in the accused cells flashing the four finger symbol known as ‘Rabaa’, meaning four in Arabic during the trial of 20 individuals, including five Al-Jazeera journalists, for alleged ties to the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood and defamation of the country, in the police institute near Cairo’s Turah prison, Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed El-Shahed / AFP
    A defendent stands in the accused cells flashing the four finger symbol known as ‘Rabaa’, meaning four in Arabic during the trial of 20 individuals, including five Al-Jazeera journalists, for alleged ties to the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood and defamation of the country, in the police institute near Cairo’s Turah prison, Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed El-Shahed / AFP

Region in focus - May 9, 2014

James O’Hara

May 09, 2014

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