• People enjoy the afternoon by the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
    People enjoy the afternoon by the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
  • Pakistani boys attend school on the eve of International Literacy Day in Peshawar, Pakistan. Bilawal Arbab / EPA
    Pakistani boys attend school on the eve of International Literacy Day in Peshawar, Pakistan. Bilawal Arbab / EPA
  • Issa, 10 years old, carries a mortar shell in a Free Syrian Army weapons factory in Aleppo. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
    Issa, 10 years old, carries a mortar shell in a Free Syrian Army weapons factory in Aleppo. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
  • Two-year-old Jan, a refugee from Syria, blows soap bubbles after arriving at the airport in Hanover, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
    Two-year-old Jan, a refugee from Syria, blows soap bubbles after arriving at the airport in Hanover, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / EPA
  • Palestinian tunnel workers smoke cigarettes as they rest inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian security forces, beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    Palestinian tunnel workers smoke cigarettes as they rest inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian security forces, beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • A Syrian woman holds a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad as pro-regime supporters parade their cars in Damascus to celebrate Assad's 48th birthday. Anwar Amro / AFP
    A Syrian woman holds a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad as pro-regime supporters parade their cars in Damascus to celebrate Assad's 48th birthday. Anwar Amro / AFP
  • A general view of St. Paul Basilica at sunset in Harissa, near Beirut, Lebanon. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
    A general view of St. Paul Basilica at sunset in Harissa, near Beirut, Lebanon. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
  • Activists of Jamaat e Islami Pakistan take part in an Egypt and Syrian solidarity march in Karachi, Pakistan. Asif Hassan / AFP
    Activists of Jamaat e Islami Pakistan take part in an Egypt and Syrian solidarity march in Karachi, Pakistan. Asif Hassan / AFP
  • A Pakistan Air Force officer adjusts the shoes of his colleague prior to a farewell ceremony of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad. Aamir Qureshi / AFP
    A Pakistan Air Force officer adjusts the shoes of his colleague prior to a farewell ceremony of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad. Aamir Qureshi / AFP
  • A Lebanese girl rides her bicycle as the sun sets and the pigeons flutter in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
    A Lebanese girl rides her bicycle as the sun sets and the pigeons flutter in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Photo
  • Pakistan's outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari waves as he leaves following a farewell ceremony at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
    Pakistan's outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari waves as he leaves following a farewell ceremony at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo

The best photography from around the region this week: Sept 12, 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