People fight their way through a storm near the Ravi river in Lahore, Pakistan. Arif Ali / AFP Photo
People fight their way through a storm near the Ravi river in Lahore, Pakistan. Arif Ali / AFP Photo
An Egyptian woman holds a petition form to nominate Defense Minister General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Hiro Komae / AP Photo
An Egyptian woman holds a petition form to nominate Defense Minister General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Hiro Komae / AP Photo
Palestinian youths enjoy the sunset at Bait Lahiya beach, northern Gaza Strip, Palestine. Ali Ali / EPA
Palestinian youths enjoy the sunset at Bait Lahiya beach, northern Gaza Strip, Palestine. Ali Ali / EPA
An Egyptian carries a wood rack full of bread on his head on a bike, to distributed it to customers in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
An Egyptian carries a wood rack full of bread on his head on a bike, to distributed it to customers in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
A member of the Shohadaa Badr Brigade, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, sits on a bed in Ashrafieh, Aleppo. Muzaffar Salman / Reuters
A member of the Shohadaa Badr Brigade, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, sits on a bed in Ashrafieh, Aleppo. Muzaffar Salman / Reuters
A Free Syrian Army fighter dives into a swimming pool, as his fellow fighter watches him in Aleppo, Syria. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
A Free Syrian Army fighter dives into a swimming pool, as his fellow fighter watches him in Aleppo, Syria. Hamid Khatib / Reuters
A member of the 'Ansar Dimachk' Brigade, part of the 'Asood Allah' Brigade which operates under the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at one of the battlefronts in Jobar, Damascus, Syria. Mohamed Abdullah / Reuters
A member of the 'Ansar Dimachk' Brigade, part of the 'Asood Allah' Brigade which operates under the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at one of the battlefronts in Jobar, Damascus, Syria. Mohamed Abdullah / Reuters
A Hamas police officer patrols during a protest against the closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Rafah town, in the southern Gaza strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
A Hamas police officer patrols during a protest against the closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Rafah town, in the southern Gaza strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
An Afghan refugee, her burka billowing, holds her daughter as she walks to her home through an alley of a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP photo
An Afghan refugee, her burka billowing, holds her daughter as she walks to her home through an alley of a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP photo
A boy displays bullet casings collected near tankers of a NATO supply convoy which were attacked a day earlier in Hub, Pakistan. Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
A boy displays bullet casings collected near tankers of a NATO supply convoy which were attacked a day earlier in Hub, Pakistan. Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Firefighters try to put out a fire at the site of an explosion on the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Bab al-Hawa in Harem, Syria. Amer Alfaj / Reuters
Firefighters try to put out a fire at the site of an explosion on the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Bab al-Hawa in Harem, Syria. Amer Alfaj / Reuters
Afghan refugee boys try to get donkeys standing near a mosque to move, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
Afghan refugee boys try to get donkeys standing near a mosque to move, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
An Afghan refugee, who works at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market, laughs at a joke while showering at a public water point on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
An Afghan refugee, who works at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market, laughs at a joke while showering at a public water point on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
Mothers and relatives of dead Free Syrian Army fighters mourn during a symbolic Free Syrian Army funeral in Aleppo, Syria. Saad Abobrahim / Reuters
Mothers and relatives of dead Free Syrian Army fighters mourn during a symbolic Free Syrian Army funeral in Aleppo, Syria. Saad Abobrahim / Reuters
Palestinian refugee women wait to receive food aid at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency center in Al Shatea refugee camp, west of Gaza City. Ali Ali / EPA
Palestinian refugee women wait to receive food aid at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency center in Al Shatea refugee camp, west of Gaza City. Ali Ali / EPA

The best photography from around the region this week: Sept 19, 2013

James O'Hara

September 19, 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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