Region in Focus: November 2, 2016

Lebanese people take to the streets in Jdeideh, on the northern outskirts of the capital Beirut, to celebrate the election of former general Michel Aoun as president. Anwar Amro / AFP

Tourists ride in horse carts in the Giza pyramids area, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

Artists perform on stage during the opening ceremony of the Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad grand cultural centre in Kuwait City. Kuna / AFP

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Section (CTS) members carry an injured comrade during clashes with Islamic State (IS) group jihadists near the village of Bazwaya, on the eastern edges of Mosul. Bulent Kilic / AFP

Members of an Iraqi special forces police unit fire their weapons at Islamic State fighters in al-Shura, south of Mosul, Iraq. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

A worker hangs a billboard showing Christian leader Michel Aoun with Arabic that reads "For all Lebanon," in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. Mohammed Zaatari / AP Photo

An Iraqi army soldier walks to a tent at the Qayara air base, south of Mosul, Iraq. Felipe Dana / AP Photo

Soldiers pose with the Islamic State flag along a street of the town of al-Shura, which was recaptured from Islamic State (IS), south of Mosul, Iraq. Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

Egyptian fishermen work on their boat in the Nile River as the water appears a murky brown color due to flooding in southern provinces, in Cairo, Egypt. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo

Syrian children play in one of the underground rooms of the Al-Hayat school in Damascus' north eastern rebel-held al-Qaboun surburb. Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP

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