• Backdropped by the iconic Suleymaniye Mosque, people walk over a Golden Horn bridge, in Istanbul, Turkey. Emrah Gurel / AP Photo
    Backdropped by the iconic Suleymaniye Mosque, people walk over a Golden Horn bridge, in Istanbul, Turkey. Emrah Gurel / AP Photo
  • A relative of Palestinian Khalil Obied, who died of wounds suffered during clashes with Israeli forces, mourns during his funeral in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
    A relative of Palestinian Khalil Obied, who died of wounds suffered during clashes with Israeli forces, mourns during his funeral in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
  • Police inspect the scene where two Palestinians were shot dead by an Israeli soldier after a confrontation at the central bus station in Gush Etzion settlement block junction in the West Bank. Abir Sultan / EPA
    Police inspect the scene where two Palestinians were shot dead by an Israeli soldier after a confrontation at the central bus station in Gush Etzion settlement block junction in the West Bank. Abir Sultan / EPA
  • A Palestinian man stands in front of Israeli security forces during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP
    A Palestinian man stands in front of Israeli security forces during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP
  • A Iranian girl looks on during the annual Ashura commemorations at Tehran's bazaar. Atta Kenare / AFP
    A Iranian girl looks on during the annual Ashura commemorations at Tehran's bazaar. Atta Kenare / AFP
  • Children sit at the window of their damaged home in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    Children sit at the window of their damaged home in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • Children are playing in the Bukra Ahla center for psychological support in the rebel-held area of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / EPA
    Children are playing in the Bukra Ahla center for psychological support in the rebel-held area of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Mohammed Badra / EPA
  • An Egyptian soldier stands guard as a voter leaves a polling station for the runoff to the first round of the parliamentary elections in Giza, just outside of Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    An Egyptian soldier stands guard as a voter leaves a polling station for the runoff to the first round of the parliamentary elections in Giza, just outside of Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
  • A fisherman throws his net in the Mediterranean sea off the port of Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A fisherman throws his net in the Mediterranean sea off the port of Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP

Region in focus - October 28, 2015

Fatima Al Marzouqi

October 28, 2015

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

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