• Friends walk outside a mosque at sunset in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Friends walk outside a mosque at sunset in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • People inspect a damaged site after an air strike in the rebel-held besieged al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. Abdalrhman Ismail / Reuters
    People inspect a damaged site after an air strike in the rebel-held besieged al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. Abdalrhman Ismail / Reuters
  • A Palestinian boy looks through a fence as he waits for relatives to return into Gaza after Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah border crossing for two days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
    A Palestinian boy looks through a fence as he waits for relatives to return into Gaza after Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah border crossing for two days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
  • The peloton is on the way during the men's elite road race over 257.5km of the 2016 UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Qatar, Doha. Oliver Weiken / EPA
    The peloton is on the way during the men's elite road race over 257.5km of the 2016 UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Qatar, Doha. Oliver Weiken / EPA
  • Fans of Al-Shati Services cheer and chant during their Gaza League soccer match against Rafah Youth in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    Fans of Al-Shati Services cheer and chant during their Gaza League soccer match against Rafah Youth in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • A Palestinian boy pulls his luggage while waiting with his family to cross the border into the Egyptian side of Rafah. Adel Hana / AP Photo
    A Palestinian boy pulls his luggage while waiting with his family to cross the border into the Egyptian side of Rafah. Adel Hana / AP Photo
  • Russian Navy's Tarantul-class corvette Ivanovets is escorted by a Turkish Navy Coast Guard boat as it sets sail in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey. Murad Sezer / Reuters
    Russian Navy's Tarantul-class corvette Ivanovets is escorted by a Turkish Navy Coast Guard boat as it sets sail in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey. Murad Sezer / Reuters
  • Camels race in Kabad, southwest of Kuwait City. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
    Camels race in Kabad, southwest of Kuwait City. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
  • Egyptian children greet members of "The Circus", a multinational team from Egypt, Germany and France, as they perform at the Al-Genenah theatre at Al-Azhar park in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    Egyptian children greet members of "The Circus", a multinational team from Egypt, Germany and France, as they perform at the Al-Genenah theatre at Al-Azhar park in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
  • Iraqi forces battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the Bajwaniyah village, about 30 kms south of Mosul. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
    Iraqi forces battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the Bajwaniyah village, about 30 kms south of Mosul. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
  • Afghan youths plays with a kite on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
    Afghan youths plays with a kite on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP

Region in Focus: October 19, 2016


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