• A Syrian refugee waits at a clinic at the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, north of Amman, Jordan. Raad Adayleh / AP Photo
    A Syrian refugee waits at a clinic at the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, north of Amman, Jordan. Raad Adayleh / AP Photo
  • Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo
    Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo
  • Camouflaged Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the beginning of the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, in Tehran. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
    Camouflaged Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the beginning of the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, in Tehran. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
  • Lebanese anti-government protesters raise their hands as riot police stand guard and block a road leading to the parliament building during a protest against the on-going trash crisis and government corruption, in Beirut, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein / AP Photo
    Lebanese anti-government protesters raise their hands as riot police stand guard and block a road leading to the parliament building during a protest against the on-going trash crisis and government corruption, in Beirut, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein / AP Photo
  • Syrian refugee students gesture while attending a class in a UNICEF school, during a visit by German Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
    Syrian refugee students gesture while attending a class in a UNICEF school, during a visit by German Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
  • A traditional Egyptian boat known as a "Faluka" sails on the Nile River during sunset in the capital of Cairo. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    A traditional Egyptian boat known as a "Faluka" sails on the Nile River during sunset in the capital of Cairo. Khaled Desouki / AFP
  • A child holds up a sign as migrants stage a protest in a stadium used for traditional Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling in Edirne, Turkey. Emrah Gurel / AP Photo
    A child holds up a sign as migrants stage a protest in a stadium used for traditional Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling in Edirne, Turkey. Emrah Gurel / AP Photo
  • A Muslim pilgrim prays on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo
    A Muslim pilgrim prays on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo
  • Palestinian mourners carry the body of Diyaa Talahmeh, 21, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Khursa, near Hebron. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo
    Palestinian mourners carry the body of Diyaa Talahmeh, 21, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Khursa, near Hebron. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo
  • Muslim pilgrims pray on the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo
    Muslim pilgrims pray on the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo

Region in focus - September 23, 2015

James O’Hara

September 23, 2015

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

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