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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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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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