• People drive vintage cars during the Classic Car Show which is organised as part of the Amchit festival in the coastal city of Amchit, Lebanon. Anwar Amro / AFP
    People drive vintage cars during the Classic Car Show which is organised as part of the Amchit festival in the coastal city of Amchit, Lebanon. Anwar Amro / AFP
  • An aerial view shows buses used to transport pilgrims during the Haj in Mecca. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters
    An aerial view shows buses used to transport pilgrims during the Haj in Mecca. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters
  • Members of the Palestinian Hamas security forces take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    Members of the Palestinian Hamas security forces take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • Palestinians check the damage in their house after it was hit by Israeli tank fire in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Palestinians check the damage in their house after it was hit by Israeli tank fire in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • An Afghan youth getures as the sun sets on the outskirts of Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP
    An Afghan youth getures as the sun sets on the outskirts of Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP
  • An Iraqi soldier stands next to a wall with a red cross above a slogan of the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Fallujah. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
    An Iraqi soldier stands next to a wall with a red cross above a slogan of the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Fallujah. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
  • A woman holds a picture of a jailed Palestinian during a rally in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Ammar Awad / Reuters
    A woman holds a picture of a jailed Palestinian during a rally in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Ammar Awad / Reuters
  • A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) sits near smoke billowing on the front-line, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus. Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP
    A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) sits near smoke billowing on the front-line, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus. Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP

Region in focus: September 7, 2016


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