• Women walk past graffiti depicting Israeli soldiers aiming their weapons toward a Palestinian woman waving her national flag, on Israels controversial separation barrier, at the main entrance to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Musa Al Shaer / AFP
    Women walk past graffiti depicting Israeli soldiers aiming their weapons toward a Palestinian woman waving her national flag, on Israels controversial separation barrier, at the main entrance to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Musa Al Shaer / AFP
  • British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives by aircraft in Amman, Jordan. Stefan Rousseau / Getty Images
    British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives by aircraft in Amman, Jordan. Stefan Rousseau / Getty Images
  • Palestinian children hold candles during a power outage at their home in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    Palestinian children hold candles during a power outage at their home in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • Muslim pilgrims walk towards the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP photo
    Muslim pilgrims walk towards the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP photo
  • A Jordanian soldier helps a Syrian woman with her baby, having just crossed into Jordanian territory with other families, near the northeastern Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq. Raad Adayleh / AP Photo
    A Jordanian soldier helps a Syrian woman with her baby, having just crossed into Jordanian territory with other families, near the northeastern Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq. Raad Adayleh / AP Photo
  • Rubbish is piled onto a temporary dump in Beirut's northern suburb of Zalka, Lebanon. Joseph Eid / AFP
    Rubbish is piled onto a temporary dump in Beirut's northern suburb of Zalka, Lebanon. Joseph Eid / AFP
  • Syrian refugees watch television inside their family's tent at a refugee camp in Deir Zanoun, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein / AP Photo
    Syrian refugees watch television inside their family's tent at a refugee camp in Deir Zanoun, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein / AP Photo
  • A quail is seen tangled up in a net as a man removes another after catching it on the beach of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A quail is seen tangled up in a net as a man removes another after catching it on the beach of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • Palestinians spend time on the beach during a sandstorm in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Palestinians spend time on the beach during a sandstorm in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP

Region in focus - September 16, 2015


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A selection of the best images from around the Gulf and across the Middle East this past week.