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  • Anti-Mursi protesters demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Culture against what they claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture and Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz, in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
    Anti-Mursi protesters demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Culture against what they claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture and Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz, in Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
  • A member of a rebel group called the Martyr Al-Abbas throws a handmade weapon in Aleppo. The group consists of five brothers and other members and operate under the Free Syrian Army. Muzaffar Salman / Reuters
    A member of a rebel group called the Martyr Al-Abbas throws a handmade weapon in Aleppo. The group consists of five brothers and other members and operate under the Free Syrian Army. Muzaffar Salman / Reuters
  • Members of a rebel group called the Martyr Al-Abbas pray in a safe house in Aleppo. The group consists of five brothers and other members and operate under the FSA. Muzaffar Salman / Reuters
    Members of a rebel group called the Martyr Al-Abbas pray in a safe house in Aleppo. The group consists of five brothers and other members and operate under the FSA. Muzaffar Salman / Reuters
  • Afghan women and girls learn to read the Quran at a local madrassa, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
    Afghan women and girls learn to read the Quran at a local madrassa, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
  • Libyans help a wounded man during clashes outside the office of the Libya Shield pro-government militia in Benghazi. AP Photo
    Libyans help a wounded man during clashes outside the office of the Libya Shield pro-government militia in Benghazi. AP Photo
  • Hezbollah supporters clash with supporters of the Lebanese Option Party during a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    Hezbollah supporters clash with supporters of the Lebanese Option Party during a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • Members of the Lebanese Red Cross carry a Syrian man who was wounded in a clash between the rebels and Syrian government forces in the Bekaa Valley, east of Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    Members of the Lebanese Red Cross carry a Syrian man who was wounded in a clash between the rebels and Syrian government forces in the Bekaa Valley, east of Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
  • Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack at the Al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Karim Kadim / AP Photo
    Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack at the Al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Karim Kadim / AP Photo
  • A Pakistani man waits for a barber on a roadside, in Islamabad, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo
    A Pakistani man waits for a barber on a roadside, in Islamabad, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP Photo
  • Libyan youths cool off at the seaside in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Mahmud Turkia / AFP
    Libyan youths cool off at the seaside in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Mahmud Turkia / AFP
  • Palestinian girls watch participants in a summer physical training camp run by Hamas during their summer vacation in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Palestinian girls watch participants in a summer physical training camp run by Hamas during their summer vacation in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • Syrian refugees wait for treatment at a medical centre at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
    Syrian refugees wait for treatment at a medical centre at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
  • Iranian fans wave prior to start of the Iran vs Lebanon football match in the Asian qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran. Vahid Salemi / AP Photo
    Iranian fans wave prior to start of the Iran vs Lebanon football match in the Asian qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran. Vahid Salemi / AP Photo

The best photography from around the region this week: June 13, 2013


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

Photo edit and sequencing by photo editor Julie Nicholson