• A Palestinian villager, shows the teeth of a donkey for sale at the weekly market in the West Bank village of Jabaa near Jenin city. Mohammed Ballas / AP Photo
    A Palestinian villager, shows the teeth of a donkey for sale at the weekly market in the West Bank village of Jabaa near Jenin city. Mohammed Ballas / AP Photo
  • Policemen help their female colleague who fell unconscious during a ceremony to mark the Police Commemoration Day at the Police Training Centre in Zewan on the outskirts of Srinagar. EPA / Farooq Khan
    Policemen help their female colleague who fell unconscious during a ceremony to mark the Police Commemoration Day at the Police Training Centre in Zewan on the outskirts of Srinagar. EPA / Farooq Khan
  • One of the nine newly released Lebanese hostages, who were held by rebels in northern Syria, is carried on the shoulders of his son upon his arrival at Beirut international airport. Hasan Shaaban / Reuters
    One of the nine newly released Lebanese hostages, who were held by rebels in northern Syria, is carried on the shoulders of his son upon his arrival at Beirut international airport. Hasan Shaaban / Reuters
  • Children play soccer in front of the ruined Darul Aman Palace on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The shattered shell of the palace stands in mute testimony to the brutality and callousness of Afghanistan's history of conflict. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
    Children play soccer in front of the ruined Darul Aman Palace on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The shattered shell of the palace stands in mute testimony to the brutality and callousness of Afghanistan's history of conflict. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
  • A coffin lies in a morgue before being transferred to the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church in Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed Mohamed / AFP
    A coffin lies in a morgue before being transferred to the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church in Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed Mohamed / AFP
  • A Palestinian man kisses the forehead of Younis Radaideh during his funeral in the Al Ubiedyeh village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo
    A Palestinian man kisses the forehead of Younis Radaideh during his funeral in the Al Ubiedyeh village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Majdi Mohammed / AP Photo
  • Orthodox pilgrims bathe in the water on the west bank of the Jordan River for the baptismal ceremony at the site known as Qasr el-Yahud near the city of Jericho, Israel. Abir Sultan / EPA
    Orthodox pilgrims bathe in the water on the west bank of the Jordan River for the baptismal ceremony at the site known as Qasr el-Yahud near the city of Jericho, Israel. Abir Sultan / EPA
  • A fire burns as Palestinian youths clash with Israeli forces along rocky terain near the West Bank village of Bilin. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
    A fire burns as Palestinian youths clash with Israeli forces along rocky terain near the West Bank village of Bilin. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
  • Bahraini women mourn during the funeral of Hussain Mahdi Habib in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, Bahrain. Mohammed Al-Shaikh / AFP
    Bahraini women mourn during the funeral of Hussain Mahdi Habib in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, Bahrain. Mohammed Al-Shaikh / AFP
  • An Afghan refugee girl runs out the doorway of her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
    An Afghan refugee girl runs out the doorway of her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
  • An Egyptian Coptic man reacts during the funeral service at the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church of four victims, gunned down as they attended a wedding the previous evening at the same church, in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    An Egyptian Coptic man reacts during the funeral service at the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church of four victims, gunned down as they attended a wedding the previous evening at the same church, in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
  • A woman mourns during a funeral in the village of sitra, south of Manama, Bahrain. Mohammed Al-Shaikh / AFP
    A woman mourns during a funeral in the village of sitra, south of Manama, Bahrain. Mohammed Al-Shaikh / AFP
  • Egyptian Coptic Christians react as the coffins of those killed in an attack one day earlier, are brought in for a funeral mass at the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    Egyptian Coptic Christians react as the coffins of those killed in an attack one day earlier, are brought in for a funeral mass at the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
  • Young Egyptians are seen reflected in a mirror in the Al-Fishawy Cafe in Cairo, Egypt. Ed Giles / Getty Images
    Young Egyptians are seen reflected in a mirror in the Al-Fishawy Cafe in Cairo, Egypt. Ed Giles / Getty Images

The best photography from around the region this week: Oct 24, 2013

James O'Hara

October 24, 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

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