• An Afghan boy flies his kite on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. Anja Niedringhaus / AP Photo
    An Afghan boy flies his kite on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. Anja Niedringhaus / AP Photo
  • A man talks on his phone as he stands in front of a wall plastered wth PML-N party campaign posters the day after the election in Lahore, Pakistan. Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images
    A man talks on his phone as he stands in front of a wall plastered wth PML-N party campaign posters the day after the election in Lahore, Pakistan. Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images
  • Palestinian children play in front of their family home in the Jabaliya Refugee camp in the north Gaza Strip. Ali Ali / EPA
    Palestinian children play in front of their family home in the Jabaliya Refugee camp in the north Gaza Strip. Ali Ali / EPA
  • Hurriyeh Abu Latifeh, a 72-year-old Palestinian refugee who says she was forced to flee her village in 1948 and now lives in the Qalandiya Refugee Camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, poses with a self portrait ahead of Nakba Day. Ammar Awad / Reuters
    Hurriyeh Abu Latifeh, a 72-year-old Palestinian refugee who says she was forced to flee her village in 1948 and now lives in the Qalandiya Refugee Camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, poses with a self portrait ahead of Nakba Day. Ammar Awad / Reuters
  • Palestinian boys rally brandishing burning torches to mark the beginning of the Nakba in the old city of Nablus, Palestine. Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP
    Palestinian boys rally brandishing burning torches to mark the beginning of the Nakba in the old city of Nablus, Palestine. Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP
  • Syrian troops take control of the western village of Dumayna, some seven kilometers north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr, Syria. Joseph Eid / AFP
    Syrian troops take control of the western village of Dumayna, some seven kilometers north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr, Syria. Joseph Eid / AFP

The best photography from around the region this week: May 16, 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, James O'Hara