The best images of the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.
Updated: August 16, 2012, 12:00 AM
The best photography from around the region this week: August 16
A Palestinian swings around fireworks to celebrate the last day of the Muslims' holy month of Ramadan, in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip. Ali Ali / EPA
Muslim worshippers pray overnight outside at the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr which falls on the 27th day of the month of Ramadan. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP Photo
Egyptians shopping at a popular market to mark Eid Al Fitr holiday in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
Thousands of Egyptians pray during a rally in Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak 18 months ago, in Cairo, Egypt, to recite the Quran and support President Mohamed Morsi’s recent decision to retire the defense minister and chief of staff. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
A Palestinian girl waits on the Palestinian side of Rafah before crossing the border between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt. On Tuesday, Egypt opened its border with Hamas-ruled Gaza for a three-day period ahead of a Eid Al Fitr. Hatem Moussa / AP Photo
Syrians buy bread at a bakery shop in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo. Bread and other daily needs are harder to come by in some areas of Syria. Khalil Hamra / AP Photo
An Afghan man makes traditional cookies in Herat as Eid Al Fitr approaches. Aref Karimi / AFP Photo
This long exposure photo shows stars in the night sky during the Perseid meteor shower near Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev Desert, southern Israel. Ariel Schalit / AP Photo
Lebanese masked gunmen from the al-Muqdad clan ready to speak to the press in Beirut's southern suburbs. The Muqdads, a large Lebanese Shiite Muslim clan, says it has kidnapped at least 20 Syrians to try to secure the release of a family member abducted near Damascus this week. AFP PHOTO
An Afghan Muslim, who lives and prays in isolation in a mosque during Itikaf, reads from the Quran in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo